daddeln
[ˈdadl̩n]
The verdict
“daddeln” is uncommon German (frequency #79,037 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,037
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spielen
Corpus desk
Index DE-daddeln · daddeln · German
daddeln · rank #79,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,037
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dabeihaben
Nearest frequency peer: dabeihaben (-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 „daddeln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- cultura
cultura
20,968 corpus weight
- dabeihaben
dabeihaben
20,965 corpus weight
- daddeln
daddeln
20,964 corpus weight
- daly
daly
20,963 corpus weight
- dankten
dankten
20,961 corpus weight
- dauernder
dauernder
20,960 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „daddeln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daddeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdadl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,037 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „daddeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
daddeln is uncommon German at frequency #79,037 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdadl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for daddeln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is daddeln, spelled D-A-D-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1spielen
- 2an einem Spielautomaten spielen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daddeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Allemfeldt hockt in einer Tour vorm Computer und daddelt.
Wenn Leander in der Kneipe ist, daddelt er immer nur.
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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