dankbarer

[ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ]

/[ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ]/ adj

The verdict

“dankbarer” is uncommon German (frequency #58,672 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,672
frequency rank, German
45,632
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar

Key facts for dankbarer
PropertyValue
Headworddankbarer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#58,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dankbarer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dankbarer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dankbarer is uncommon German at frequency #58,672 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for dankbarer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dankbarer, spelled D-A-N-K-B-A-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion 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 "dankbarer"?
"dankbarer" is spelled D-A-N-K-B-A-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ].
What does "dankbarer" mean?
As an adjective, "dankbarer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs dankbar
How do you pronounce "dankbarer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dankbarer" is [ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dankbarer" come from?
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Using “dankbarer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is D-A-N-K-B-A-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈdaŋkbaːʁɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list