Spelunke
[ʃpeˈlʊŋkə]
The verdict
“Spelunke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wirtshaus mit schlechtem Ruf
Corpus desk
Index DE-spelunke · Spelunke · German
Spelunke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Spelunke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpeˈlʊŋkə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spelunke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spelunke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpeˈlʊŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Spelunke, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 Spelunke, spelled S-P-E-L-U-N-K-E.
Definition
- 1Wirtshaus mit schlechtem Ruf
- 2elende Behausung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spelunke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Spelunke „Zur Unke“ sind wir versumpft.
„Wir Unteroffiziere feierten das nachts in einer Spelunke, um eine gemeinsame Braut herum, Anni, die Vulkangöttin genannt.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.