Seilwinde

[ˈzaɪ̯lˌvɪndə]

/[ˈzaɪ̯lˌvɪndə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Seilwinde” is uncommon German (frequency #78,536 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,536
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorrichtung, mit der man mit einem Seil Lasten heben, senken oder heranziehen kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-seilwinde · Seilwinde · German

Seilwinde · rank #78,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,536
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH seger

Nearest frequency peer: seger (-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 „Seilwinde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seilwinde
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeilwinde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzaɪ̯lˌvɪndə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,536
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Seilwinde“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Seilwindefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „seger“ (#78,535), „Seelenfrieden“ (#78,534), „Selbstmordanschlag“ (#78,538). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Seilwinde“ bei #78,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seilwinde is uncommon German at frequency #78,536 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯lˌvɪndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorrichtung, mit der man mit einem Seil Lasten heben, senken oder heranziehen kann".

Seilwinde doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Seilwinde, spelled S-E-I-L-W-I-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vorrichtung, mit der man mit einem Seil Lasten heben, senken oder heranziehen kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Diese können mittels einer Seilwinde auf eine Betonrampe gezogen werden – so sind sie vor den hohen Wellen sicher und können nicht gegen die Felswände geschleudert werden.“
  2. „Mit zwei Schneepflügen, einem Radlader und einer Seilwinde bahnten sich die Einsatzkräfte einen Weg zu dem auf rund 1.300 Meter Seehöhe gelegenen Kloster.“

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 "Seilwinde"?
"Seilwinde" is spelled S-E-I-L-W-I-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaɪ̯lˌvɪndə].
What does "Seilwinde" mean?
As a noun, "Seilwinde" means: Vorrichtung, mit der man mit einem Seil Lasten heben, senken oder heranziehen kann
How do you pronounce "Seilwinde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Seilwinde" is [ˈzaɪ̯lˌvɪndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Seilwinde" come from?
"Seilwinde" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list