Bettjacke
[ˈbɛtˌjakə]
The verdict
“Bettjacke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jacke, die man zum Schlafen über der sonstigen Nachtwäsche trägt
Corpus desk
Index DE-bettjacke · Bettjacke · German
Bettjacke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Bettjacke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛtˌjakə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bettjacke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bettjacke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛtˌjakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jacke, die man zum Schlafen über der sonstigen Nachtwäsche trägt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Bettjacke in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Bettjacke, spelled B-E-T-T-J-A-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1Jacke, die man zum Schlafen über der sonstigen Nachtwäsche trägt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Bettjacke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fräulein von Kuckhoff hatte die Zitternde, Schluchzende ausgezogen, und nun lag sie in dem breiten Mahagonibett, klein anzusehen wie ein Kind, mit dem trocken gewordenen winzigen Vogelkopf, ein weißes Betthäubchen über den dünnen Haaren, eine weitmaschig gestrickte Bettjacke um die Schultern gelegt.“
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.