Dirham
[ˈdɪʁham]
The verdict
“Dirham” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
Corpus desk
Index DE-dirham · Dirham · German
Dirham · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Dirham |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɪʁham] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dirham“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dirham is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɪʁham]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Dirham in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Dirham, spelled D-I-R-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 2Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 3Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 4Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 5Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 6Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 7Währungseinheit in verschiedenen arabischen Ländern
- 8frühere Gewichtseinheit in verschiedenen islamischen Ländern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dirham appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Junge Burschen streunen umher und verkaufen Zigaretten zu einem Dirham das Stück.“
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.