Vorschlaghammer
[ˈfoːɐ̯ʃlaːkˌhamɐ]
The verdict
“Vorschlaghammer” is uncommon German (frequency #63,923 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,923
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großer, schwerer Hammer, der zweihändig geführt und vorwiegend für grobe Arbeiten verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorschlaghammer · Vorschlaghammer · German
Vorschlaghammer · rank #63,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,923
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorbemerkung
Nearest frequency peer: Vorbemerkung (-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 „Vorschlaghammer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- voranschrei…
voranschreiten
36,081 corpus weight
- vorbeizukom…
vorbeizukommen
36,080 corpus weight
- Vorbemerkung
Vorbemerkung
36,079 corpus weight
- Vorschlagha…
Vorschlaghammer
36,078 corpus weight
- Vorverurtei…
Vorverurteilung
36,077 corpus weight
- vorzusehen
vorzusehen
36,076 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorschlaghammer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorschlaghammer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃlaːkˌhamɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #63,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorschlaghammer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorschlaghammer is uncommon German at frequency #63,923 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃlaːkˌhamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "großer, schwerer Hammer, der zweihändig geführt und vorwiegend für grobe Arbeiten verwendet wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Vorschlaghammer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Vorschlaghammer, spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-L-A-G-H-A-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1großer, schwerer Hammer, der zweihändig geführt und vorwiegend für grobe Arbeiten verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vorschlaghammer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorschlaghämmer können bis zu fünfzehn Kilo schwer sein.
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); 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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