Sinkflug
[ˈzɪŋkˌfluːk]
The verdict
“Sinkflug” is uncommon German (frequency #54,085 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,085
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flugmanöver, bei dem ein Luftfahrzeug seine Flughöhe verringert
Corpus desk
Index DE-sinkflug · Sinkflug · German
Sinkflug · rank #54,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,085
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Simplex
Nearest frequency peer: Simplex (-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 „Sinkflug“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- silbernes
silbernes
45,919 corpus weight
- simba
simba
45,918 corpus weight
- Simplex
Simplex
45,917 corpus weight
- Sinkflug
Sinkflug
45,916 corpus weight
- Skaten
Skaten
45,915 corpus weight
- slipper
slipper
45,914 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sinkflug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sinkflug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɪŋkˌfluːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sinkflug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sinkflug is uncommon German at frequency #54,085 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɪŋkˌfluːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Sinkflug has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sinkflug, spelled S-I-N-K-F-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1Flugmanöver, bei dem ein Luftfahrzeug seine Flughöhe verringert
- 2rapider Niedergang, schnelles Absinken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sinkflug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch der Autopilot, der die Boeing offenbar gesteuert hatte, wäre dann ausgefallen und die Maschine vermutlich in einem spiralförmigen Sinkflug ins Meer gestürzt.“
„Wir befanden uns schon im Sinkflug, als sich ein Mann in der Sitzreihe gegenüber plötzlich abschnallte, aufsprang und mit der Hand herumwedelte.“
Antonyms
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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