Dickschädel
[ˈdɪkˌʃɛːdl̩]
The verdict
“Dickschädel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der stur auf seinen Ansichten/Wünschen beharrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-dickschadel · Dickschädel · German
Dickschädel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Dickschädel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɪkˌʃɛːdl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dickschädel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dickschädel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɪkˌʃɛːdl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dickschädel in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Dickschädel, spelled D-I-C-K-S-C-H-Ä-D-E-L.
Definition
- 1jemand, der stur auf seinen Ansichten/Wünschen beharrt
- 2eigensinnige, unnachgiebige Haltung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dickschädel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der schwäbische Dickschädel stritt so lange mit der Stadt, bis er nach einem Deal seine Hütte behalten durfte.“
„Hoffen wir auf seine Konsequenz, seinen Dickschädel und seinen Ehrgeiz.“
This word in other languages
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.