Spleen
[ʃpliːn]
The verdict
“Spleen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verrückte Eigenheit, fixe Idee, Marotte
Corpus desk
Index DE-spleen · Spleen · German
Spleen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Spleen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃpliːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spleen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spleen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃpliːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verrückte Eigenheit, fixe Idee, Marotte".
Spleen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Spleen, spelled S-P-L-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1verrückte Eigenheit, fixe Idee, Marotte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spleen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist so ein Spleen von ihr.
Ach hör auf, du hast ja'n Spleen!
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.