sekundenlang
[zeˈkʊndn̩ˌlaŋ]
The verdict
“sekundenlang” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrere Sekunden dauernd
Corpus desk
Index DE-sekundenlang · sekundenlang · German
sekundenlang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sekundenlang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zeˈkʊndn̩ˌlaŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sekundenlang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sekundenlang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zeˈkʊndn̩ˌlaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehrere Sekunden dauernd".
sekundenlang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is sekundenlang, spelled S-E-K-U-N-D-E-N-L-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1mehrere Sekunden dauernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sekundenlang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kurzzeitige muskuläre Schwäche, nur sekundenlange Sehstörungen, Schwindelattacken, kaum bemerkbare Sensibilitäts- und Sprachstörungen und vieles mehr. “
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.