dahingegen
[dahɪnˈɡeːɡn̩]
The verdict
“dahingegen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,788 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,788
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf der anderen Seite, im Gegensatz zum zuvor Gesagten
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahingegen · dahingegen · German
dahingegen · rank #88,788 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,788
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dampfschiffe
Nearest frequency peer: Dampfschiffe (+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 „dahingegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Dachflächen
Dachflächen
11,217 corpus weight
- Dachrinne
Dachrinne
11,216 corpus weight
- Dadaismus
Dadaismus
11,215 corpus weight
- dahingegen
dahingegen
11,213 corpus weight
- Dampfschiffe
Dampfschiffe
11,212 corpus weight
- Dateinamen
Dateinamen
11,210 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dahingegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dahingegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [dahɪnˈɡeːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,788 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dahingegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dahingegen is uncommon German at frequency #88,788 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [dahɪnˈɡeːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf der anderen Seite, im Gegensatz zum zuvor Gesagten".
dahingegen has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is dahingegen, spelled D-A-H-I-N-G-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf der anderen Seite, im Gegensatz zum zuvor Gesagten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dahingegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In diesem ordentlich geschriebenen Aufsatz ist das Thema verfehlt, in dem anderen Aufsatz sind dahingegen sehr viele Rechtschreibfehler.
Sollten sich ihre Erwartungen dahingegen nicht erfüllen, sieht die Sache natürlich ganz anders aus.
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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