Steilvorlage
[ˈʃtaɪ̯lfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]
The verdict
“Steilvorlage” is uncommon German (frequency #56,557 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,557
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pass bei Fußballspiel in Tornähe, der durch geringe Richtungsänderung zu einem Treffer führen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-steilvorlage · Steilvorlage · German
Steilvorlage · rank #56,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,557
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Stege
Nearest frequency peer: Stege (-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 „Steilvorlage“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stadtführer
Stadtführer
43,447 corpus weight
- Stege
Stege
43,445 corpus weight
- Steilvorlage
Steilvorlage
43,444 corpus weight
- stete
stete
43,443 corpus weight
- Steuersenku…
Steuersenkung
43,442 corpus weight
- steuerten
steuerten
43,441 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Steilvorlage“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Steilvorlage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃtaɪ̯lfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #56,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Steilvorlage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Steilvorlage is uncommon German at frequency #56,557 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃtaɪ̯lfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Steilvorlage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Steilvorlage, spelled S-T-E-I-L-V-O-R-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Pass bei Fußballspiel in Tornähe, der durch geringe Richtungsänderung zu einem Treffer führen kann
- 2Stichwort, das jemandem den gewünschten Anlass bietet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Steilvorlage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neumann konnte die Steilvorlage seines Mannschaftskollegen nicht verwandeln.
„ÖVP-Chef Michael Spindelegger sieht im Ergebnis eine »Steilvorlage« fürs weitere Wahljahr.“
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).