Steigflug
[ˈʃtaɪ̯kˌfluːk]
The verdict
“Steigflug” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flugmanöver, bei dem ein Luftfahrzeug seine Flughöhe steigert; mit dem ein Höhengewinn erreicht wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-steigflug · Steigflug · German
Steigflug · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Steigflug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯kˌfluːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Steigflug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Steigflug is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯kˌfluːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flugmanöver, bei dem ein Luftfahrzeug seine Flughöhe steigert; mit dem ein Höhengewinn erreicht wird".
Steigflug has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Steigflug, spelled S-T-E-I-G-F-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1Flugmanöver, bei dem ein Luftfahrzeug seine Flughöhe steigert; mit dem ein Höhengewinn erreicht wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Steigflug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach Angaben von Luftfahrtexperten ist ein Steigflug über ein Gewittergebiet nicht ungewöhnlich.“
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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.