Verschnaufpause
[fɛɐ̯ˈʃnaʊ̯fˌpaʊ̯zə]
The verdict
“Verschnaufpause” is uncommon German (frequency #63,909 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,909
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pause, um sich kurz zu regenerieren und Luft zu schöpfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-verschnaufpause · Verschnaufpause · German
Verschnaufpause · rank #63,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,909
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verschmutzen
Nearest frequency peer: verschmutzen (-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 „Verschnaufpause“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vermögend
vermögend
36,095 corpus weight
- verschmutzen
verschmutzen
36,093 corpus weight
- Verschnaufp…
Verschnaufpause
36,092 corpus weight
- verschüttete
verschüttete
36,091 corpus weight
- versiegelten
versiegelten
36,090 corpus weight
- versteift
versteift
36,089 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Verschnaufpause“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Verschnaufpause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛɐ̯ˈʃnaʊ̯fˌpaʊ̯zə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Verschnaufpause“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Verschnaufpause is uncommon German at frequency #63,909 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃnaʊ̯fˌpaʊ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Verschnaufpause, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Verschnaufpause, spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-N-A-U-F-P-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Pause, um sich kurz zu regenerieren und Luft zu schöpfen
- 2kurzzeitige Unterbrechung der Anstrengungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Verschnaufpause appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dreißig Minuten Ausdauerlauf brauchte er dringend eine Verschnaufpause.
„Jetzt, siegestrunken und mit einer Verschnaufpause bedacht, hatten die Deutschen wieder Zeit, um sich erneut mit uns zu befassen, obwohl man nicht sagen kann, daß sie uns während der Kämpfe im Westen ganz vergessen hätten.“
Synonyms
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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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Verschnaufpause", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).