Dekkan

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The verdict

“Dekkan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - südlicher Teil des Indischen Subkontinents

Corpus desk

Index DE-dekkan · Dekkan · German

Dekkan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Dekkan
PropertyValue
HeadwordDekkan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dekkan“ im Deutschen

Dekkanschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dekkan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "südlicher Teil des Indischen Subkontinents".

Dekkan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Dekkan, spelled D-E-K-K-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    südlicher Teil des Indischen Subkontinents

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Dennoch deutete sich bereits eine geographische Verschiebung der Herrschaftsperspektive - weg von Zentralasien, hin nach Südasien - an. So unternahmen schon die Khaljiden erste Feldzüge auf den Dekkan.“

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dekkan"?
"Dekkan" is spelled D-E-K-K-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Dekkan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dekkan" means: südlicher Teil des Indischen Subkontinents
How do you pronounce "Dekkan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dekkan" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dekkan" come from?
"Dekkan" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list