Vollschwester
[ˈfɔlˌʃvɛstɐ]
The verdict
“Vollschwester” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schwester, die dieselben Eltern wie ihr Bruder hat; vollbürtige Schwester
Corpus desk
Index DE-vollschwester · Vollschwester · German
Vollschwester · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | Vollschwester |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlˌʃvɛstɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vollschwester“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vollschwester is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlˌʃvɛstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schwester, die dieselben Eltern wie ihr Bruder hat; vollbürtige Schwester".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vollschwester, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Vollschwester, spelled V-O-L-L-S-C-H-W-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Schwester, die dieselben Eltern wie ihr Bruder hat; vollbürtige Schwester
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vollschwester appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Neue Generationen entstanden, aber die Heirat mit der Vollschwester bewirkte, daß die neuen Generationen so weit wie möglich seiner eigenen ähnelten.“
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.