dirks
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The verdict
“dirks” is uncommon German (frequency #62,317 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,317
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dirk
Corpus desk
Index DE-dirks · dirks · German
dirks · rank #62,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,317
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dienstherr
Nearest frequency peer: Dienstherr (-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 „dirks“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Denmark
Denmark
37,691 corpus weight
- Diabetikern
Diabetikern
37,687 corpus weight
- Dienstherr
Dienstherr
37,685 corpus weight
- dirks
dirks
37,684 corpus weight
- discussion
discussion
37,683 corpus weight
- dislikes
dislikes
37,682 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dirks“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dirks |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dirks“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dirks is uncommon German at frequency #62,317 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dirk".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dirks, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dirks, spelled D-I-R-K-S.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dirk
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.
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