dankbare

[ˈdaŋkbaːʁə]

/[ˈdaŋkbaːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“dankbare” is uncommon German (frequency #57,761 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,761
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-dankbare · dankbare · German

dankbare · rank #57,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,761
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dargebotenen

Nearest frequency peer: dargebotenen (+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 „dankbare“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dankbare
PropertyValue
Headworddankbare
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈdaŋkbaːʁə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dankbare“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dargebotenen“ (#57,762), „covern“ (#57,759), „Cosby“ (#57,758). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dankbare“ bei #57,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dankbare is uncommon German at frequency #57,761 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdaŋkbaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for dankbare in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dankbare, spelled D-A-N-K-B-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar

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 "dankbare"?
"dankbare" is spelled D-A-N-K-B-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaŋkbaːʁə].
What does "dankbare" mean?
As an adjective, "dankbare" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
How do you pronounce "dankbare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dankbare" is [ˈdaŋkbaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dingfest#57,771cardinal#57,746drauflos#57,776Cabernet#57,741

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list