Sündenfall
[ˈzʏndn̩ˌfal]
The verdict
“Sündenfall” is uncommon German (frequency #54,934 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,934
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - symbolisches (beziehungsweise archetypisches) Ereignis, das im Buch Genesis beschrieben ist und wonach die Menschheit von Gott abgefallen ist: die Menschen (Adam und Eva) essen verbotenerweise die ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sündenfall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzʏndn̩ˌfal] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sündenfall” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sündenfall is uncommon German at frequency #54,934 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzʏndn̩ˌfal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Sündenfall in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sündenfall, spelled S-Ü-N-D-E-N-F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1symbolisches (beziehungsweise archetypisches) Ereignis, das im Buch Genesis beschrieben ist und wonach die Menschheit von Gott abgefallen ist: die Menschen (Adam und Eva) essen verbotenerweise die Früchte des Baums der Erkenntnis von Gut und Böse, wodurch die Sünde entsteht und das von Gott geschaffene Menschenpaar aus dem Paradies auf in die Welt beziehungsweise auf die Erde vertrieben werden, wo seither alle Menschen von der Erbsünde behaftet sind
- 2unangemessenes Verhalten
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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Using “Sündenfall”
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- The one correct German spelling is S-Ü-N-D-E-N-F-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.