Diwan
[ˈdiːvaːn]
The verdict
“Diwan” is uncommon German (frequency #88,816 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,816
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Register von Schriftstücken staatlicher oder wirtschaftlicher Art in der islamischen Verwaltung
Corpus desk
Index DE-diwan · Diwan · German
Diwan · rank #88,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,816
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Diskussionsgr…
Nearest frequency peer: Diskussionsgrundlage (-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 „Diwan“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Direktbank
Direktbank
11,189 corpus weight
- Diskussions…
Diskussionsgrundlage
11,186 corpus weight
- Diwan
Diwan
11,185 corpus weight
- diz
diz
11,184 corpus weight
- Dohna
Dohna
11,182 corpus weight
- Doppelkuppl…
Doppelkupplungsgetriebe
11,181 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Diwan“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diwan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdiːvaːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diwan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diwan is uncommon German at frequency #88,816 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdiːvaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Diwan, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Diwan, spelled D-I-W-A-N.
Definition
- 1Register von Schriftstücken staatlicher oder wirtschaftlicher Art in der islamischen Verwaltung
- 2kann für Ratsversammlung, Kanzlei, Gerichtshof, Empfangsraum des Herrschers stehen oder auch in der osmanischen Türkei den Staatsrat meinen
- 3die zur Einrichtung der betreffenden Räume gehörenden niedrigen Polsterbänke an der Wand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diwan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war eine alte Ausgabe des Diwans von Abu Novás, die sie vor drei Jahren in Kairo gekauft hatte.“
„Im abgedunkelten Bibliothekszimmer meines verstorbenen Vaters - in den Kriegsnächten - beschwor er sie in improvisierten Gespensternoveletten, während geisterhaft Rainer Maria Rilke ihm vom Diwan durch sein Lorgnon zusah.“
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); 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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