Sonderling
[ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Sonderling” is an uncommon German word, ranked #71,855 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,855
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Mensch, der einen eigenartigen Charakter hat und in seiner eigenen Welt lebt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sonderling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sonderling” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sonderling is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,855 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Mensch, der einen eigenartigen Charakter hat und in seiner eigenen Welt lebt".
Sonderling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sonderling, spelled S-O-N-D-E-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1ein Mensch, der einen eigenartigen Charakter hat und in seiner eigenen Welt lebt
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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Using “Sonderling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-O-N-D-E-R-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.