dla

[dla]

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The verdict

“dla” is uncommon German (frequency #85,128 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,128
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Genitiv:

Corpus desk

Index DE-dla · dla · German

dla · rank #85,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,128
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dips

Nearest frequency peer: dips (-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 „dla“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dla
PropertyValue
Headworddla
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPreposition
IPA[dla]
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,128
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dla“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dlafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dips“ (#85,127), „Dobermann“ (#85,129), „DINK“ (#85,125). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dla“ bei #85,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dla is uncommon German at frequency #85,128 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [dla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 dla, spelled D-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Genitiv:
  2. 2
    für, zu

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Kupił prezent dla rodziców.

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 "dla"?
"dla" is spelled D-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [dla].
What does "dla" mean?
As a preposition, "dla" means: mit Genitiv:
How do you pronounce "dla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dla" is [dla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dla" come from?
"dla" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

DGS#85,115EKZ#85,173ett#85,198BCE#84,992

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list