denim

[dəˈnim]

/[dəˈnim]/ noun

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The verdict

“denim” is uncommon German (frequency #60,470 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,470
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-denim · denim · German

denim · rank #60,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,470
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Delegierter

Nearest frequency peer: Delegierter (-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 „denim“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for denim
PropertyValue
Headworddenim
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dəˈnim]
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,470
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „denim“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Delegierter“ (#60,469), „desinteressiert“ (#60,471), „dekadent“ (#60,468). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „denim“ bei #60,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

denim is uncommon German at frequency #60,470 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dəˈnim]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Denim".

No generated misspelling entries exist for denim in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 denim, spelled D-E-N-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Denim

This word in other languages

denim(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 "denim"?
"denim" is spelled D-E-N-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is [dəˈnim].
What does "denim" mean?
As a noun, "denim" means: Denim
How do you pronounce "denim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "denim" is [dəˈnim]. 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 "denim", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doubt#60,482bundy#60,446Echse#60,497Buick#60,442

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list