Dachlatte
[ˈdaxˌlatə]
The verdict
“Dachlatte” 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 der auf den Sparren befestigten Holzlatten, die die Dachdeckung tragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dachlatte · Dachlatte · German
Dachlatte · 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 "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 | Dachlatte |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaxˌlatə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dachlatte“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dachlatte is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaxˌlatə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der auf den Sparren befestigten Holzlatten, die die Dachdeckung tragen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dachlatte, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dachlatte, spelled D-A-C-H-L-A-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1eine der auf den Sparren befestigten Holzlatten, die die Dachdeckung tragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dachlatte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So kostete etwa eine Dachlatte zu Beginn des Jahrhunderts [1700] für das Kornhaus in Brugg 1¾ Batzen.
Seit Wochen denke ich, du wartest sehnlich auf eine Gelegenheit, dass du mich endlich mal küssen kannst, und jetzt bettle ich geradezu um einen Kuss von dir, und du stehst so regungslos da wie eine Dachlatte.
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.