Silbenwort
[ˈzɪlbn̩ˌvɔʁt]
The verdict
“Silbenwort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzwort, das aus Silben oder Silbenteilen des Wortes besteht, aus dem es durch Kürzung hervorgegangen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-silbenwort · Silbenwort · German
Silbenwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Silbenwort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌvɔʁt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Silbenwort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Silbenwort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌvɔʁt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzwort, das aus Silben oder Silbenteilen des Wortes besteht, aus dem es durch Kürzung hervorgegangen ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Silbenwort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Silbenwort, spelled S-I-L-B-E-N-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Kurzwort, das aus Silben oder Silbenteilen des Wortes besteht, aus dem es durch Kürzung hervorgegangen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Silbenwort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fleischer 1983 unterscheidet zwischen Initial- und Silbenwörtern einerseits und »eigentlichen« Kurzwörtern andererseits. “
„Zu den multisegmentalen Kurzwörtern gehören Initialwörter entweder in Buchstabierweise (PLZ) oder in phonetischer Gebundenheit (BAföG …), Silbenwörter (Trafo) sowie Klammerformen: Sani(tärraum)zelle.“
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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.