Direktkandidat

[diˈʁɛktkandiˌdaːt]

/[diˈʁɛktkandiˌdaːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Direktkandidat” is uncommon German (frequency #52,763 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,763
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die persönlich für einen Wahlkreis (anstatt über eine Wahlliste) gewählt werden kann

Corpus desk

Index DE-direktkandidat · Direktkandidat · German

Direktkandidat · rank #52,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,763
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dienstliche

Nearest frequency peer: dienstliche (-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 „Direktkandidat“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Direktkandidat
PropertyValue
HeadwordDirektkandidat
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[diˈʁɛktkandiˌdaːt]
Letters14
Frequency rank#52,763
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Direktkandidat“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Direktkandidatfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dienstliche“ (#52,762), „distanziere“ (#52,764), „dien“ (#52,761). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Direktkandidat“ bei #52,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Direktkandidat is uncommon German at frequency #52,763 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [diˈʁɛktkandiˌdaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die persönlich für einen Wahlkreis (anstatt über eine Wahlliste) gewählt werden kann".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Direktkandidat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Direktkandidat, spelled D-I-R-E-K-T-K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die persönlich für einen Wahlkreis (anstatt über eine Wahlliste) gewählt werden kann

Antonyms

Listenkandidat

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 "Direktkandidat"?
"Direktkandidat" is spelled D-I-R-E-K-T-K-A-N-D-I-D-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is [diˈʁɛktkandiˌdaːt].
What does "Direktkandidat" mean?
As a noun, "Direktkandidat" means: Person, die persönlich für einen Wahlkreis (anstatt über eine Wahlliste) gewählt werden kann
How do you pronounce "Direktkandidat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Direktkandidat" is [diˈʁɛktkandiˌdaːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Direktkandidat" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list