Slackline
[ˈslɛkˌlaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Slackline” is uncommon German (frequency #84,577 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,577
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Sport- oder Spielgerät dienender, an zwei Punkten befestigter Gurt, auf dem man balanciert
Corpus desk
Index DE-slackline · Slackline · German
Slackline · rank #84,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,577
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Skandinaviens
Nearest frequency peer: Skandinaviens (-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 „Slackline“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Silbermedai…
Silbermedaillen
15,430 corpus weight
- Sinnes
Sinnes
15,429 corpus weight
- Sitzgelegen…
Sitzgelegenheit
15,427 corpus weight
- Skandinavie…
Skandinaviens
15,425 corpus weight
- Slackline
Slackline
15,424 corpus weight
- smoker
smoker
15,421 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Slackline“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Slackline |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈslɛkˌlaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Slackline“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Slackline is uncommon German at frequency #84,577 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈslɛkˌlaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "als Sport- oder Spielgerät dienender, an zwei Punkten befestigter Gurt, auf dem man balanciert".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Slackline, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Slackline, spelled S-L-A-C-K-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1als Sport- oder Spielgerät dienender, an zwei Punkten befestigter Gurt, auf dem man balanciert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Slackline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Gegensatz zu einem straff gespannten Drahtseil gibt die Slackline der Last des Sportlers nach.“
Slacklines, die zwischen Bäumen gespannt werden, können das Kambium verletzen und schlimmstenfalls zum Absterben des Baumes führen.
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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