delikate

[deliˈkaːtə]

/[deliˈkaːtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“delikate” is uncommon German (frequency #74,464 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,464
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 delikat

Corpus desk

Index DE-delikate · delikate · German

delikate · rank #74,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,464
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Delfinen

Nearest frequency peer: Delfinen (-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 „delikate“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for delikate
PropertyValue
Headworddelikate
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[deliˈkaːtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „delikate“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).delikatefällt 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: „Delfinen“ (#74,463), „dementsprechende“ (#74,465), „dedicated“ (#74,462). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „delikate“ bei #74,464. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

delikate is uncommon German at frequency #74,464 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [deliˈkaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for delikate in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 delikate, spelled D-E-L-I-K-A-T-E.

Definition

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

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 "delikate"?
"delikate" is spelled D-E-L-I-K-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [deliˈkaːtə].
What does "delikate" mean?
As an adjective, "delikate" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs delikat
How do you pronounce "delikate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "delikate" is [deliˈkaːtə]. 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 "delikate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Delfinen#74,463daughter#74,459converse#74,451drinking#74,493

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list