Dashcam

[ˈdɛʃˌkɛm]

/[ˈdɛʃˌkɛm]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dashcam” is uncommon German (frequency #91,452 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,452
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinere Videokamera, die auf dem Armaturenbrett oder an der Windschutzscheibe eines Fahrzeugs befestigt wird und den Fahrtverlauf aufzeichnet

Corpus desk

Index DE-dashcam · Dashcam · German

Dashcam · rank #91,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,452
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Datendiebstahl

Nearest frequency peer: Datendiebstahl (+2 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 „Dashcam“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dashcam
PropertyValue
HeadwordDashcam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdɛʃˌkɛm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,452
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dashcam“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Dashcamfällt 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: „Datendiebstahl“ (#91,454), „Datenpakete“ (#91,455), „Dauerlauf“ (#91,456). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dashcam“ bei #91,452. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dashcam is uncommon German at frequency #91,452 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛʃˌkɛm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleinere Videokamera, die auf dem Armaturenbrett oder an der Windschutzscheibe eines Fahrzeugs befestigt wird und den Fahrtverlauf aufzeichnet".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dashcam, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dashcam, spelled D-A-S-H-C-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleinere Videokamera, die auf dem Armaturenbrett oder an der Windschutzscheibe eines Fahrzeugs befestigt wird und den Fahrtverlauf aufzeichnet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Dashcam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Aufnahmen mit Dashcams sind als Beweismittel in Strafprozessen umstritten.“
  2. „Bilder von Dashcams dürfen nach Verkehrsunfällen im Zivilprozess verwendet werden.“

This word in other languages

dashcam(English)

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 "Dashcam"?
"Dashcam" is spelled D-A-S-H-C-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛʃˌkɛm].
What does "Dashcam" mean?
As a noun, "Dashcam" means: kleinere Videokamera, die auf dem Armaturenbrett oder an der Windschutzscheibe eines Fahrzeugs befestigt wird und den Fahrtverlauf aufzeichnet
How do you pronounce "Dashcam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dashcam" is [ˈdɛʃˌkɛm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dashcam" come from?
"Dashcam" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cougars#91,443butters#91,422bräunen#91,411Briesen#91,409

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list