Denkungsweise
[ˈdɛŋkʊŋsˌvaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“Denkungsweise” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art und Weise zu denken
Corpus desk
Index DE-denkungsweise · Denkungsweise · German
Denkungsweise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Denkungsweise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɛŋkʊŋsˌvaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Denkungsweise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Denkungsweise is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɛŋkʊŋsˌvaɪ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Denkungsweise, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Denkungsweise, spelled D-E-N-K-U-N-G-S-W-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Art und Weise zu denken
- 2geistige und sittliche Grundhaltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Denkungsweise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Denkungsweise unserer nordamerikanischen Indianer erscheint die Gewohnheit, ihre gefangenen Feinde am Grabe der Ihrigen oder in voller Vollversammlung zu töten, nichts weniger als barbarisch.“
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.