Serviette
[zɛʁˈvi̯ɛtə]
The verdict
“Serviette” is uncommon German (frequency #53,236 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,236
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tuch, das zum Schützen der Kleidung und Reinigung des Mundes beim Essen verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-serviette · Serviette · German
Serviette · rank #53,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,236
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Semmel
Nearest frequency peer: Semmel (-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 „Serviette“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Selbstmörder
Selbstmörder
46,769 corpus weight
- Selbstportr…
Selbstporträt
46,768 corpus weight
- Semmel
Semmel
46,766 corpus weight
- Serviette
Serviette
46,765 corpus weight
- Sezession
Sezession
46,764 corpus weight
- Shaker
Shaker
46,762 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Serviette“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serviette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɛʁˈvi̯ɛtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Serviette“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Serviette is uncommon German at frequency #53,236 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɛʁˈvi̯ɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tuch, das zum Schützen der Kleidung und Reinigung des Mundes beim Essen verwendet wird".
No misspelling variants are generated for Serviette in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Serviette, spelled S-E-R-V-I-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tuch, das zum Schützen der Kleidung und Reinigung des Mundes beim Essen verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Serviette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Restaurant wischt man sich den Mund nicht am Ärmel ab. Man benutzt dafür eine Serviette.
„Meine Aufgabe war es, die Servietten ins Regal zurückzulegen.“
This word in other languages
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.
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