Tiefflug
[ˈtiːfˌfluːk]
The verdict
“Tiefflug” is uncommon German (frequency #77,419 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,419
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Flug in geringer Höhe
Corpus desk
Index DE-tiefflug · Tiefflug · German
Tiefflug · rank #77,419 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,419
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tigern
Nearest frequency peer: Tigern (+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 „Tiefflug“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Teufe
Teufe
22,586 corpus weight
- Tiefflug
Tiefflug
22,582 corpus weight
- Tigern
Tigern
22,581 corpus weight
- Tijuana
Tijuana
22,580 corpus weight
- TKG
TKG
22,579 corpus weight
- Tochterfirm…
Tochterfirmen
22,578 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Tiefflug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tiefflug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtiːfˌfluːk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tiefflug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tiefflug is uncommon German at frequency #77,419 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtiːfˌfluːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Flug in geringer Höhe".
Tiefflug doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tiefflug, spelled T-I-E-F-F-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1Flug in geringer Höhe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tiefflug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Endlich, am späten Nachmittag, kamen Flugzeuge, einige Spitfire und Mustangs, die aus Richtung Flensburg oder Schleswig hereindrehten, um im Tiefflug über uns hinwegzuflitzen und auf die Nordsee hinaus zu verschwinden.“
„Der Ablauf des riskanten illegalen Tiefflugs der beiden amerikanischen Piloten, die Umstände der Videoaufzeichnung, eine verbreitete Mentalität in der US-Armee, die lebendige internationale Fliegertradition legen es nahe, von einem fehlgeschlagenen Versuch auszugehen, sich mit einem beweisbaren Mutakt, dem Unterfliegen einer Seilbahn, als unverwüstliche…
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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