Sonderling
[ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Sonderling” is uncommon German (frequency #71,855 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,855
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Mensch, der einen eigenartigen Charakter hat und in seiner eigenen Welt lebt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sonderling · Sonderling · German
Sonderling · rank #71,855 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,855
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sonnenstrahlu…
Nearest frequency peer: Sonnenstrahlung (+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 „Sonderling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- solare
solare
28,150 corpus weight
- Solarthermie
Solarthermie
28,149 corpus weight
- Solos
Solos
28,148 corpus weight
- Sonderling
Sonderling
28,146 corpus weight
- Sonnenstrah…
Sonnenstrahlung
28,145 corpus weight
- sonnst
sonnst
28,144 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sonderling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sonderling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sonderling is uncommon German at frequency #71,855 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔndɐlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sonderling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Sonderling ist oftmals ein Genie, das seinen eigenen Weg geht.
Wer von der sozialen Norm abweicht, ist ein Sonderling.
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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