died

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The verdict

“died” is uncommon German (frequency #76,668 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,668
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs die

Corpus desk

Index DE-died · died · German

died · rank #76,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,668
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dhaka

Nearest frequency peer: Dhaka (-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 „died“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for died
PropertyValue
Headworddied
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#76,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „died“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dhaka“ (#76,667), „detailreich“ (#76,666), „Dependance“ (#76,665). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „died“ bei #76,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

died is uncommon German at frequency #76,668 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs die".

died has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is died, spelled D-I-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs die

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

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As a verb, "died" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs die
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "died", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list