Steilhang
[ˈʃtaɪ̯lˌhaŋ]
The verdict
“Steilhang” is uncommon German (frequency #67,736 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,736
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - steil abfallendes Gelände, steil nach unten abfallender Hang
Corpus desk
Index DE-steilhang · Steilhang · German
Steilhang · rank #67,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,736
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stech
Nearest frequency peer: stech (-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 „Steilhang“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- stalken
stalken
32,268 corpus weight
- staunten
staunten
32,267 corpus weight
- stech
stech
32,266 corpus weight
- Steilhang
Steilhang
32,265 corpus weight
- Steinplatten
Steinplatten
32,264 corpus weight
- stemmte
stemmte
32,263 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Steilhang“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steilhang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯lˌhaŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Steilhang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Steilhang is uncommon German at frequency #67,736 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯lˌhaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "steil abfallendes Gelände, steil nach unten abfallender Hang".
Steilhang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Steilhang, spelled S-T-E-I-L-H-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1steil abfallendes Gelände, steil nach unten abfallender Hang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steilhang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Links am Steilhang kam ein Grabeneinschnitt, in den wir einbogen.“
„Wir sehen Steilhänge mit Rebstöcken bepflanzt, die dieser Landschaft einen Ausdruck von stiller Schönheit verleihen.“
This word in other languages
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.
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