dämliches

[ˈdɛːmlɪçəs]

/[ˈdɛːmlɪçəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“dämliches” is uncommon German (frequency #53,630 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,630
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dämlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-damliches · dämliches · German

dämliches · rank #53,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,630
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH durchzukommen

Nearest frequency peer: durchzukommen (-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 „dämliches“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dämliches
PropertyValue
Headworddämliches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈdɛːmlɪçəs]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,630
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dämliches“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dämlichesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „durchzukommen“ (#53,629), „durchsagen“ (#53,628), „editing“ (#53,632). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dämliches“ bei #53,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dämliches is uncommon German at frequency #53,630 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdɛːmlɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

dämliches has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dämliches, spelled D-Ä-M-L-I-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dämlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dämlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dämlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dämlich

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 "dämliches"?
"dämliches" is spelled D-Ä-M-L-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛːmlɪçəs].
What does "dämliches" mean?
As an adjective, "dämliches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dämlich
How do you pronounce "dämliches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dämliches" is [ˈdɛːmlɪçəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dämliches" come from?
"dämliches" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dualismus#53,623Einbruchs#53,638dringlich#53,620Designern#53,609

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list