Sütterlin
[ˈzʏtɐliːn]
The verdict
“Sütterlin” is uncommon German (frequency #82,196 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,196
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurz für Sütterlinschrift; Schreibschrift nach L. Sütterlin, ab 1915 an preußischen Schulen gelehrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-sutterlin · Sütterlin · German
Sütterlin · rank #82,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,196
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Südrand
Nearest frequency peer: Südrand (-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 „Sütterlin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- swinging
swinging
17,809 corpus weight
- symphonisch…
symphonischen
17,807 corpus weight
- Südrand
Südrand
17,806 corpus weight
- Sütterlin
Sütterlin
17,805 corpus weight
- Tagesgeldko…
Tagesgeldkonto
17,802 corpus weight
- Tagesgesche…
Tagesgeschehen
17,801 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sütterlin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sütterlin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzʏtɐliːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sütterlin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sütterlin is uncommon German at frequency #82,196 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzʏtɐliːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurz für Sütterlinschrift; Schreibschrift nach L. Sütterlin, ab 1915 an preußischen Schulen gelehrt".
Sütterlin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sütterlin, spelled S-Ü-T-T-E-R-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1kurz für Sütterlinschrift; Schreibschrift nach L. Sütterlin, ab 1915 an preußischen Schulen gelehrt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sütterlin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch noch nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lernten Schulkinder Sütterlin zu schreiben.
„Beim letzten Besuch in dem Archiv, als Ute Sahl in eine der grünen Kisten mit dem Namen »Sahl« griff, ist sie auf ein Notizbuch gestoßen, das in Sütterlin geschrieben war.“
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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