Dahome
[ˌdaːhoˈmeː]
The verdict
“Dahome” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - früherer Name (bis 1975) des Landes Benin
Corpus desk
Index DE-dahome · Dahome · German
Dahome · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Dahome |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌdaːhoˈmeː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dahome“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dahome is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌdaːhoˈmeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "früherer Name (bis 1975) des Landes Benin".
No misspelling variants are generated for Dahome in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Dahome, spelled D-A-H-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1früherer Name (bis 1975) des Landes Benin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dahome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Dahome, dem heutigen Benin, wurden über 50 verschiedene Sprachen gesprochen.
„Dahome leidet an wirtschaftlicher Auszehrung, seit Frankreich seine Kolonie 1960 in die Unabhängigkeit entließ.“
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.