Dachstein
[ˈdaxˌʃtaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Dachstein” is uncommon German (frequency #53,602 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,602
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ziegel- oder plattenförmige Betonteile zum Dachdecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-dachstein · Dachstein · German
Dachstein · rank #53,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,602
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dali
Nearest frequency peer: dali (+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 „Dachstein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- create
create
46,404 corpus weight
- cyan
cyan
46,401 corpus weight
- Dachstein
Dachstein
46,399 corpus weight
- dali
dali
46,398 corpus weight
- DDoS
DDoS
46,397 corpus weight
- degeneriert
degeneriert
46,396 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dachstein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dachstein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdaxˌʃtaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dachstein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dachstein is uncommon German at frequency #53,602 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaxˌʃtaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ziegel- oder plattenförmige Betonteile zum Dachdecken".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dachstein in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dachstein, spelled D-A-C-H-S-T-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1ziegel- oder plattenförmige Betonteile zum Dachdecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dachstein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dachsteine werden aus Beton geformt, einer Mischung aus quarzhaltigem Sand, Wasser, Zement und künstlich hinzugefügten Metalloxiden. Letztere sind für die Farbgebung verantwortlich.
Alternativ werden die Dachsteine nach dem Trocknungsvorgang mit einer Kunststofffarbe beschichtet.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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