Shawl
[ʃɔːl]
The verdict
“Shawl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langes, schmales Tuch, das man sich um den Hals legt, Halstuch
Corpus desk
Index DE-shawl · Shawl · German
Shawl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Shawl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɔːl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Shawl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Shawl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃɔːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Shawl doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Shawl, spelled S-H-A-W-L.
Definition
- 1langes, schmales Tuch, das man sich um den Hals legt, Halstuch
- 2breites Tuch, das man über den Schultern trägt, Schultertuch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Shawl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man hilft ihr ein- und aussteigen. Man breitet ihr Decken, Tücher und Shawls unter.“
„Sie trug eine Sommerhose – aus indischer Seide? – purpurn und weit über weißen Stiefeln, einen schwarzen geschlossenen Sweater und einen Shawl.“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.