Slideshow

[ˈslaɪ̯tˌʃɔʊ̯]

/[ˈslaɪ̯tˌʃɔʊ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Slideshow” is uncommon German (frequency #90,906 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,906
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serie von digitalen Bildern, die automatisch auf einem Bildschirm abläuft

Corpus desk

Index DE-slideshow · Slideshow · German

Slideshow · rank #90,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,906
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH skypen

Nearest frequency peer: skypen (-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 „Slideshow“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Slideshow“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Slideshow
PropertyValue
HeadwordSlideshow
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈslaɪ̯tˌʃɔʊ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,906
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Slideshow“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Slideshowfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „skypen“ (#90,905), „Solarzelle“ (#90,908), „Sonnenblumenkerne“ (#90,909). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Slideshow“ bei #90,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Slideshow is uncommon German at frequency #90,906 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈslaɪ̯tˌʃɔʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serie von digitalen Bildern, die automatisch auf einem Bildschirm abläuft".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Slideshow, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Slideshow, spelled S-L-I-D-E-S-H-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Serie von digitalen Bildern, die automatisch auf einem Bildschirm abläuft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Slideshow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Für seinen Vortrag in Biologie hat er eine Slideshow mit verschiedenen Tierarten vorbereitet.

Synonyms

Diashow

This word in other languages

slideshow(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Slideshow"?
"Slideshow" is spelled S-L-I-D-E-S-H-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈslaɪ̯tˌʃɔʊ̯].
What does "Slideshow" mean?
As a noun, "Slideshow" means: Serie von digitalen Bildern, die automatisch auf einem Bildschirm abläuft
How do you pronounce "Slideshow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Slideshow" is [ˈslaɪ̯tˌʃɔʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Slideshow" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Slideshow", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Soziopath#90,912Speiseeis#90,914Setzlinge#90,890Sportlers#90,923

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list