damaligen

/[ˈdaːˌmaːlɪɡn̩]/ adj

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Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,180

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

damaligen is anGermanadj. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs damalig Pronounced [ˈdaːˌmaːlɪɡn̩]. It ranks #3,180 in German word frequency. Often confused with damaliger and damalige.

Key facts for damaligen
PropertyValue
Headworddamaligen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈdaːˌmaːlɪɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,180
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of damaligen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for damaligen is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdaːˌmaːlɪɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,180 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for damaligen, with forms such as "admaligen", "daamligen", and "damailgen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "damaliger", "damalige", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is damaligen, spelled D-A-M-A-L-I-G-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  12. 12
    Plural Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion Positiv des Adjektivs damalig

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: admaligen,daamligen,damailgen,damalgien,damaliegn,damaligenn,damaliggen,damaligne,damalligen,damlaigen,dammaligen,ddamaligen,dmaaligen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for damaligen

Misspelling Variants of "damaligen"

admaligen9daamligen9damailgen9damalgien9damaliegn9damaligenn10damaliggen10damaligne9
Misspelling Variants of "damaligen"

Frequency rank: #3,180 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "damaligen"?
"damaligen" is spelled D-A-M-A-L-I-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaːˌmaːlɪɡn̩].
What does "damaligen" mean?
As an adj, "damaligen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs damalig
What words are commonly confused with "damaligen"?
"damaligen" is commonly confused with "damaliger", "damalige". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "damaligen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "damaligen" is [ˈdaːˌmaːlɪɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "damaligen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.