Staubwolke

[ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌvɔlkə]

/[ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌvɔlkə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Staubwolke” is uncommon German (frequency #89,615 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,615
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große, dichte Menge aus Staub in der Luft

Corpus desk

Index DE-staubwolke · Staubwolke · German

Staubwolke · rank #89,615 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,615
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Steinhaufen

Nearest frequency peer: Steinhaufen (+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 „Staubwolke“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Staubwolke
PropertyValue
HeadwordStaubwolke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌvɔlkə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,615
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Staubwolke“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Staubwolkefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Steinhaufen“ (#89,616), „Steuerentlastung“ (#89,618), „stang“ (#89,611). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Staubwolke“ bei #89,615. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Staubwolke is uncommon German at frequency #89,615 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌvɔlkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große, dichte Menge aus Staub in der Luft".

Zero misspellings are on record for Staubwolke in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Staubwolke, spelled S-T-A-U-B-W-O-L-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    große, dichte Menge aus Staub in der Luft

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Als wir zwanzig Minuten später aus dem Wald heraustraten, sahen wir unter uns in der Ebene in einiger Entfernung eine Staubwolke aufsteigen.“
  2. „Von der Böschung stiegen jedes Mal große Staubwolken empor.“

This word in other languages

polvareda(Español)

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 "Staubwolke"?
"Staubwolke" is spelled S-T-A-U-B-W-O-L-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌvɔlkə].
What does "Staubwolke" mean?
As a noun, "Staubwolke" means: große, dichte Menge aus Staub in der Luft
How do you pronounce "Staubwolke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Staubwolke" is [ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌvɔlkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Staubwolke" come from?
"Staubwolke" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Steueroase#89,619stinkender#89,621Spülbecken#89,604Stühlingen#89,631

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list