Divis
[diˈviːs]
The verdict
“Divis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzer waagerechter Strich, Bindestrich, Trennstrich für Worttrennung (Silbentrennung)
Corpus desk
Index DE-divis · Divis · German
Divis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Divis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [diˈviːs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Divis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Divis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [diˈviːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kurzer waagerechter Strich, Bindestrich, Trennstrich für Worttrennung (Silbentrennung)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Divis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Divis, spelled D-I-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1kurzer waagerechter Strich, Bindestrich, Trennstrich für Worttrennung (Silbentrennung)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Divis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwischen die Zahlen einer Bereichsangabe setzt man nicht das Divis „-“, sondern den Gedankenstrich „–“: „15–18 Uhr“.
„Der Bindestrich entspricht typografisch dem Trennstrich (Divis) der jeweiligen Schrift.“
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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.