Seeluft

[ˈzeːˌlʊft]

/[ˈzeːˌlʊft]/ noun

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The verdict

“Seeluft” is uncommon German (frequency #89,547 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,547
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Luft an/über dem Meer

Corpus desk

Index DE-seeluft · Seeluft · German

Seeluft · rank #89,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,547
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Seiende

Nearest frequency peer: Seiende (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Seeluft“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Seeluft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seeluft
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeeluft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzeːˌlʊft]
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,547
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Seeluft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Seeluftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Seiende“ (#89,548), „Seeheim“ (#89,545), „Seitenzahlen“ (#89,549). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Seeluft“ bei #89,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seeluft is uncommon German at frequency #89,547 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːˌlʊft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Luft an/über dem Meer".

Zero misspellings are on record for Seeluft in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Seeluft, spelled S-E-E-L-U-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Luft an/über dem Meer

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Seeluft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das von unterirdischen Maschinen angetriebene Blech des „Eisernes Sees“ ist blau bemalt, und wenn du im Schinakel sitzt und dich krampfhaft bemühst, es so zu führen, daß du nicht anprallst oder umkippst, dann kannst du dir einbilden, tatsächlich auf See zu fahren, ohne die salzige Seeluft atmen zu müssen oder naß zu werden.“
  2. „Der Wind brauste auf, brachte Seeluft und Wasser mit sich, Gischt landete auf meiner Wange.“

Synonyms

Meeresluft

Antonyms

LandluftStadtluft

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seeluft"?
"Seeluft" is spelled S-E-E-L-U-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːˌlʊft].
What does "Seeluft" mean?
As a noun, "Seeluft" means: die Luft an/über dem Meer
How do you pronounce "Seeluft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seeluft" is [ˈzeːˌlʊft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seeluft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seeluft", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Seiende#89,548Seeheim#89,545Semmler#89,554senilen#89,555

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list