Sprossknolle
[ˈʃpʁɔsˌknɔlə]
The verdict
“Sprossknolle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - horizontale und knollig verdickte Sprossachse einer Samenpflanze als Speicherorgan für Reservestoffe und zur vegetativen Vermehrung
Corpus desk
Index DE-sprossknolle · Sprossknolle · German
Sprossknolle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | Sprossknolle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpʁɔsˌknɔlə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sprossknolle“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sprossknolle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpʁɔsˌknɔlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "horizontale und knollig verdickte Sprossachse einer Samenpflanze als Speicherorgan für Reservestoffe und zur vegetativen Vermehrung".
Sprossknolle has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sprossknolle, spelled S-P-R-O-S-S-K-N-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1horizontale und knollig verdickte Sprossachse einer Samenpflanze als Speicherorgan für Reservestoffe und zur vegetativen Vermehrung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sprossknolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sprossknollen führen zur vegetativen Vermehrung; es werden Klone der Mutterpflanze gebildet.
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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.