dak

[dɑk]

/[dɑk]/ noun

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The verdict

“dak” is uncommon German (frequency #51,216 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,216
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach

Corpus desk

Index DE-dak · dak · German

dak · rank #51,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,216
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dampfbad

Nearest frequency peer: Dampfbad (+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 „dak“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dak“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dak
PropertyValue
Headworddak
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɑk]
Letters3
Frequency rank#51,216
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dak“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.dakfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dampfbad“ (#51,217), „CTs“ (#51,214), „daria“ (#51,218). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dak“ bei #51,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dak is uncommon German at frequency #51,216 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɑk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dak, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 dak, spelled D-A-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die wind het die huis se dak afgewaai.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dak"?
"dak" is spelled D-A-K. The IPA pronunciation is [dɑk].
What does "dak" mean?
As a noun, "dak" means: obere Abdeckung eines Hauses, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes; Dach
How do you pronounce "dak"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dak" is [dɑk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dak" come from?
"dak" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dak", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

CTs#51,214dic#51,236dux#51,258ECM#51,260

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list