Dankes

[ˈdaŋkəs]

/[ˈdaŋkəs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dankes” is uncommon German (frequency #50,385 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,385
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dank

Corpus desk

Index DE-dankes · Dankes · German

Dankes · rank #50,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,385
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dampfmaschinen

Nearest frequency peer: Dampfmaschinen (-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 „Dankes“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dankes
PropertyValue
HeadwordDankes
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdaŋkəs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#50,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dankes“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Dankesfällt 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: „Dampfmaschinen“ (#50,384), „dannen“ (#50,386), „database“ (#50,387). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dankes“ bei #50,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dankes is uncommon German at frequency #50,385 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdaŋkəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dank".

Zero misspellings are on record for Dankes in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Dankes, spelled D-A-N-K-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dank

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 "Dankes"?
"Dankes" is spelled D-A-N-K-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdaŋkəs].
What does "Dankes" mean?
As a noun, "Dankes" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Dank
How do you pronounce "Dankes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dankes" is [ˈdaŋkəs]. 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 "Dankes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dannen#50,386cougar#50,380Duktus#50,396chiefs#50,372

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list