Diglossie
[diɡlɔˈsiː]
The verdict
“Diglossie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorkommen von zwei Varietäten einer Sprache oder zwei Sprachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-diglossie · Diglossie · German
Diglossie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Diglossie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diɡlɔˈsiː] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diglossie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diglossie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [diɡlɔˈsiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorkommen von zwei Varietäten einer Sprache oder zwei Sprachen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Diglossie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Diglossie, spelled D-I-G-L-O-S-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Vorkommen von zwei Varietäten einer Sprache oder zwei Sprachen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diglossie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die deutschsprachige Schweiz ist ein Gebiet medialer Diglossie.“
Meist wird betont, dass Diglossie darin bestehe, dass zwei Varietäten einer Sprache, die ein unterschiedliches Prestige haben, je nach Situation verwenden werden; aber auch die Verwendung von zwei verschiedenen Sprachen kann mit Diglossie bezeichnet werden.
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.