DINK

abbrev

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The verdict

“DINK” is uncommon German (frequency #85,125 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,125
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für „Double Income No Kids“ (dt.: „Kinderlose Doppelverdiener“)

Corpus desk

Index DE-dink · DINK · German

DINK · rank #85,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,125
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dinges

Nearest frequency peer: Dinges (-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 „DINK“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for DINK
PropertyValue
HeadwordDINK
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#85,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „DINK“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dinges“ (#85,124), „dips“ (#85,127), „dilettantisch“ (#85,122). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „DINK“ bei #85,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

DINK is uncommon German at frequency #85,125 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für „Double Income No Kids“ (dt.: „Kinderlose Doppelverdiener“)".

No misspelling variants are generated for DINK 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is DINK, spelled D-I-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für „Double Income No Kids“ (dt.: „Kinderlose Doppelverdiener“)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how DINK appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. DINKs erwirtschaften, weil beide Teile des Haushaltes berufstätig sind, ein relativ hohes Einkommen und sind eine beliebte Zielgruppe für die Werbung, weshalb der Ausdruck im Marketing zur Segmentierung von Kundengruppen verwendet wird.

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

How do you spell "DINK"?
"DINK" is spelled D-I-N-K.
What does "DINK" mean?
As an abbreviation, "DINK" means: Abkürzung für „Double Income No Kids“ (dt.: „Kinderlose Doppelverdiener“)
What language does "DINK" come from?
"DINK" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dips#85,127chop#85,076exam#85,201Fenn#85,219

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list