Wäscheleine
[ˈvɛʃəˌlaɪ̯nə]
The verdict
“Wäscheleine” is uncommon German (frequency #82,369 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,369
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünnes Seil, auf das nasse Wäsche gehängt wird, damit sie an der Luft trocknet
Corpus desk
Index DE-wascheleine · Wäscheleine · German
Wäscheleine · rank #82,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,369
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wärmende
Nearest frequency peer: wärmende (-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 „Wäscheleine“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wolffs
Wolffs
17,635 corpus weight
- Wählergunst
Wählergunst
17,634 corpus weight
- wärmende
wärmende
17,633 corpus weight
- Wäscheleine
Wäscheleine
17,632 corpus weight
- würfelt
würfelt
17,631 corpus weight
- würzigen
würzigen
17,630 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wäscheleine“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wäscheleine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛʃəˌlaɪ̯nə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #82,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wäscheleine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wäscheleine is uncommon German at frequency #82,369 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛʃəˌlaɪ̯nə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dünnes Seil, auf das nasse Wäsche gehängt wird, damit sie an der Luft trocknet".
Wäscheleine has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Wäscheleine, spelled W-Ä-S-C-H-E-L-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1dünnes Seil, auf das nasse Wäsche gehängt wird, damit sie an der Luft trocknet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wäscheleine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Hausmann hängt nachmittags die Hemden und Socken zum Trocknen auf die Wäscheleine.
„Ein alter Mann aus dem Dorf hatte die Jacke beschrieben und erzählt, sie sei ihm von seiner Wäscheleine gestohlen worden.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).