smörgåsbord
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The verdict
“smörgåsbord” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - skandinavisches Buffet; Smörgåsbord
Corpus desk
Index DE-smorgasbord · smörgåsbord · German
smörgåsbord · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | smörgåsbord |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „smörgåsbord“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
smörgåsbord is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "skandinavisches Buffet; Smörgåsbord".
smörgåsbord has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is smörgåsbord, spelled S-M-Ö-R-G-Å-S-B-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1skandinavisches Buffet; Smörgåsbord
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how smörgåsbord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Om man vill äta ett klassiskt svenskt smörgåsbord med sill och lax är den här restaurangen toppen.
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