dengue

[dɛ̃ɡ]

/[dɛ̃ɡ]/ noun

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The verdict

“dengue” is uncommon German (frequency #88,804 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,804
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Denguefieber

Corpus desk

Index DE-dengue · dengue · German

dengue · rank #88,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,804
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Demission

Nearest frequency peer: Demission (-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 „dengue“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dengue
PropertyValue
Headworddengue
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɛ̃ɡ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dengue“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).denguefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Demission“ (#88,803), „demenzkranken“ (#88,802), „delight“ (#88,801). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dengue“ bei #88,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dengue is uncommon German at frequency #88,804 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɛ̃ɡ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Denguefieber".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dengue, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dengue, spelled D-E-N-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Denguefieber

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 "dengue"?
"dengue" is spelled D-E-N-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dɛ̃ɡ].
What does "dengue" mean?
As a noun, "dengue" means: Denguefieber
How do you pronounce "dengue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dengue" is [dɛ̃ɡ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dengue" come from?
"dengue" 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 "dengue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Diebes#88,808capote#88,755erahnt#88,868boring#88,720

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list