shallow
[ˈʃæləʊ]
The verdict
“shallow” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit wenig Tiefe oder mit geringer Ausdehnung; seicht, flach
Corpus desk
Index DE-shallow · shallow · German
shallow · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | shallow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃæləʊ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „shallow“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
shallow is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃæləʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shallow, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is shallow, spelled S-H-A-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1mit wenig Tiefe oder mit geringer Ausdehnung; seicht, flach
- 2nicht kräftig; flach
- 3ohne Tiefgang; flach, oberflächlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shallow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We waded through the shallow water. The cupboard was shallow.
Mix egg, meal, sugar, and liquid in a shallow dish.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.