Dieme
[ˈdiːmə]
The verdict
“Dieme” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschichteter Haufen Heu, Stroh oder Torf auf freiem Feld
Corpus desk
Index DE-dieme · Dieme · German
Dieme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Dieme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːmə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dieme“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dieme is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschichteter Haufen Heu, Stroh oder Torf auf freiem Feld".
Dieme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Dieme, spelled D-I-E-M-E.
Definition
- 1geschichteter Haufen Heu, Stroh oder Torf auf freiem Feld
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dieme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Habe heute Torf gestochen und geschichtet, Guđriđur und ich haben gestern den ganzen Tag nasses Heu gewendet, getrocknet und dann wieder zu Diemen gerecht.“
„Er hatte sich in den Kopf gesetzt, sie auf holländische Weise nach dem System Clap-Mayer durch Gärung zu trocknen – das heißt, er ließ sie auf einmal schneiden und in Diemen aufschichten, die, sobald die Gase entwichen, der frischen Luft ausgesetzt werden sollten – worauf sich Bouvard ohne die geringste Sorge zurückzog.“
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.