Staubfetzen
[ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌfɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“Staubfetzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur wischenden Reinigung benutztes Textil
Corpus desk
Index DE-staubfetzen · Staubfetzen · German
Staubfetzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Staubfetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌfɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Staubfetzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Staubfetzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌfɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Staubfetzen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Staubfetzen, spelled S-T-A-U-B-F-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1zur wischenden Reinigung benutztes Textil
- 2kleines Schwebeteilchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Staubfetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber seine Macht reicht weit über Kehrbesen und Staubfetzen, er ist mächtiger als der Bürgermeister selbst; denn um Herrn Kowars vom Dienste zu dispensiren, ihm aber gleichzeitig Gehalt und Quartier sammt sonstigen Emolumenten zu belassen, würde nach der G.-Ord. nicht der Machtspruch des Bürgermeisters genügen; darüber müßte der große Ausschuß abstimmen.“
„Auguste hatte nichts gehört, sie stand, den Kehrbesen und einen Staubfetzen in der Hand, beim Fenster und las Wallensteins Tod.“
Synonyms
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.