Taubnessel
[ˈtaʊ̯pˌnɛsl̩]
The verdict
“Taubnessel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiß, rosa oder purpurn blühende Pflanze aus der Familie der Lippenblütler
Corpus desk
Index DE-taubnessel · Taubnessel · German
Taubnessel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Taubnessel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaʊ̯pˌnɛsl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Taubnessel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Taubnessel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaʊ̯pˌnɛsl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiß, rosa oder purpurn blühende Pflanze aus der Familie der Lippenblütler".
Taubnessel has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Taubnessel, spelled T-A-U-B-N-E-S-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1weiß, rosa oder purpurn blühende Pflanze aus der Familie der Lippenblütler
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Taubnessel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Steinhummeln bevorzugen den Nektar von verschiedenen Kleearten und Taubnesseln.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.