Subwoofer
[ˈsapvuːfɐ]
The verdict
“Subwoofer” is uncommon German (frequency #56,569 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,569
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezieller Lautsprecher für tieffrequente Töne (Bass) an einer Stereo- oder Heimkinoanlage
Corpus desk
Index DE-subwoofer · Subwoofer · German
Subwoofer · rank #56,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,569
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH stürmischer
Nearest frequency peer: stürmischer (-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 „Subwoofer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Streichelzoo
Streichelzoo
43,436 corpus weight
- strickt
strickt
43,434 corpus weight
- stürmischer
stürmischer
43,433 corpus weight
- Subwoofer
Subwoofer
43,432 corpus weight
- Sykes
Sykes
43,430 corpus weight
- symposiums
symposiums
43,429 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Subwoofer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Subwoofer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsapvuːfɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Subwoofer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Subwoofer is uncommon German at frequency #56,569 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsapvuːfɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezieller Lautsprecher für tieffrequente Töne (Bass) an einer Stereo- oder Heimkinoanlage".
Zero misspellings are on record for Subwoofer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Subwoofer, spelled S-U-B-W-O-O-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1spezieller Lautsprecher für tieffrequente Töne (Bass) an einer Stereo- oder Heimkinoanlage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Subwoofer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tuner und CD-Wechsler sind von Alpine, Subwoofer und Verstärker von Infinity und die Lautsprecher von Magnat. Den respektablen Gewinn nahm Ulrich Klein jetzt beim Media Markt in Mannheim-Neckarau in Empfang.“
Synonyms
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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