Waschbrett
[ˈvaʃˌbʁɛt]
The verdict
“Waschbrett” 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) - geriffelte Platte aus Holz oder Blech, die zum Waschen von Textilien verwendet wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-waschbrett · Waschbrett · German
Waschbrett · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | Waschbrett |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaʃˌbʁɛt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Waschbrett“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Waschbrett is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaʃˌbʁɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geriffelte Platte aus Holz oder Blech, die zum Waschen von Textilien verwendet wurde".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Waschbrett, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Waschbrett, spelled W-A-S-C-H-B-R-E-T-T.
Definition
- 1geriffelte Platte aus Holz oder Blech, die zum Waschen von Textilien verwendet wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Waschbrett appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Waschbretter werden manchmal auch als Musikinstrument benutzt.
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.