Dihydrogenmonoxid
[dihydʁoˌɡeːnˈmoːnɔksiːt]
The verdict
“Dihydrogenmonoxid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wasser
Corpus desk
Index DE-dihydrogenmonoxid · Dihydrogenmonoxid · German
Dihydrogenmonoxid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Dihydrogenmonoxid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dihydʁoˌɡeːnˈmoːnɔksiːt] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dihydrogenmonoxid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dihydrogenmonoxid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dihydʁoˌɡeːnˈmoːnɔksiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wasser".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dihydrogenmonoxid, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dihydrogenmonoxid, spelled D-I-H-Y-D-R-O-G-E-N-M-O-N-O-X-I-D.
Definition
- 1Wasser
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dihydrogenmonoxid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Obwohl die Gefahren durch Dihydrogenmonoxid sehr real sind, können Sie durch vorsichtiges und umsichtiges Handeln und den Einsatz ihres Hausverstandes sicher gehen, dass Sie alles dazu tun, um sich und Ihre Familie zu beschützen.“
„Habt ihr schon mal was von Dihydrogenmonoxid gehört? Bei diesem Wort denkt man auf Anhieb erstmal an sehr giftige Chemiesäuren oder Gase, dabei bezeichnet es einfach nur ganz gewöhnliches, harmloses Wasser.“
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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.