Sonnenblume

[ˈzɔnənˌbluːmə]

/[ˈzɔnənˌbluːmə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sonnenblume” is uncommon German (frequency #55,727 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,727
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pflanze mit hohem Stiel (bis über 2 m), rauen und großen Blättern und großer Blüte sowie mit gelben Blütenblättern (Helianthus annuus)

Corpus desk

Index DE-sonnenblume · Sonnenblume · German

Sonnenblume · rank #55,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,727
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sonderregelun…

Nearest frequency peer: Sonderregelungen (-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 „Sonnenblume“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sonnenblume
PropertyValue
HeadwordSonnenblume
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzɔnənˌbluːmə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sonnenblume“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Sonnenblumefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sonderregelungen“ (#55,726), „sozialpolitische“ (#55,728), „Sonderausgaben“ (#55,725). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sonnenblume“ bei #55,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sonnenblume is uncommon German at frequency #55,727 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzɔnənˌbluːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sonnenblume, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sonnenblume, spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-B-L-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pflanze mit hohem Stiel (bis über 2 m), rauen und großen Blättern und großer Blüte sowie mit gelben Blütenblättern (Helianthus annuus)
  2. 2
    in Nordamerika verbreitete Pflanzengattung (Helianthus) innerhalb der Familie der Korbblütler (Asteraceae), die rund 70 Arten umfasst

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sonnenblumen sind sehr schöne Pflanzen, aus denen man Öl gewinnen kann.
  2. „Meilenweit begleiten die Fahrstraße die breiten, goldgelb leuchtenden Bänder der blühenden wilden Sonnenblumen, der stattlichsten der hierzulande blühenden Pflanzen.“

Synonyms

Gewöhnliche SonnenblumeSonnenroseHelianthus

This word in other languages

sunflower(English)girasol(Español)tournesol(Français)girassol(Português)

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 "Sonnenblume"?
"Sonnenblume" is spelled S-O-N-N-E-N-B-L-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔnənˌbluːmə].
What does "Sonnenblume" mean?
As a noun, "Sonnenblume" means: Pflanze mit hohem Stiel (bis über 2 m), rauen und großen Blättern und großer Blüte sowie mit gelben Blütenblättern (Helianthus annuus)
How do you pronounce "Sonnenblume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sonnenblume" is [ˈzɔnənˌbluːmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sonnenblume" come from?
"Sonnenblume" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sommerabend#55,724Soldatinnen#55,723Steuerungen#55,741Stichworten#55,742

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list