Denkrichtung
[ˈdɛŋkˌʁɪçtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Denkrichtung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausrichtung, Ziel eines Gedankens
Corpus desk
Index DE-denkrichtung · Denkrichtung · German
Denkrichtung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Denkrichtung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛŋkˌʁɪçtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Denkrichtung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Denkrichtung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛŋkˌʁɪçtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausrichtung, Ziel eines Gedankens".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Denkrichtung, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Denkrichtung, spelled D-E-N-K-R-I-C-H-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Ausrichtung, Ziel eines Gedankens
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Denkrichtung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die andere Denkrichtung stellt die verkäuferische Kompetenz in den Vordergrund.“
„Nicht nur in seinem Fach bleiben, sondern über den Tellerrand blicken und mit Kollegen aus anderen Fächern arbeiten, auch das hat Tradition in Karlsruhe. Oberstes Ziel sei dabei immer ‚die Offenheit für andere Denkrichtungen‘, betont der Geschäftsführer des DFG-Zentrums, Christian Röthig.“
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.