Dachgaube
[ˈdaxˌɡaʊ̯bə]
The verdict
“Dachgaube” 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) - eine Gaube, ein Aufbau im Dach für die Anbringung senkrecht ausgerichteter Fenster
Corpus desk
Index DE-dachgaube · Dachgaube · German
Dachgaube · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Dachgaube |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaxˌɡaʊ̯bə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dachgaube“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dachgaube is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaxˌɡaʊ̯bə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Gaube, ein Aufbau im Dach für die Anbringung senkrecht ausgerichteter Fenster".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dachgaube, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Dachgaube, spelled D-A-C-H-G-A-U-B-E.
Definition
- 1eine Gaube, ein Aufbau im Dach für die Anbringung senkrecht ausgerichteter Fenster
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dachgaube appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Raum wurde rechts geteilt durch eine Dachgaube mit einem großen Fenster.
„Jetzt wurde der zweite Stock ausgebaut und mit großen Dachgauben versehen.“
Synonyms
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.