Dohna

[ˈdoːna]

/[ˈdoːna]/ name

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The verdict

“Dohna” is uncommon German (frequency #88,819 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,819
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-dohna · Dohna · German

Dohna · rank #88,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,819
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Doppelkupplun…

Nearest frequency peer: Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (+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 „Dohna“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dohna
PropertyValue
HeadwordDohna
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈdoːna]
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,819
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dohna“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Dohnafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Doppelkupplungsgetriebe“ (#88,820), „diz“ (#88,817), „Doppelseite“ (#88,821). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dohna“ bei #88,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dohna is uncommon German at frequency #88,819 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdoːna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland".

Dohna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Dohna, spelled D-O-H-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dohna liegt in Deutschlands Osten.

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 "Dohna"?
"Dohna" is spelled D-O-H-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdoːna].
What does "Dohna" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dohna" means: eine Stadt in Sachsen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Dohna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dohna" is [ˈdoːna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dohna" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Diwan#88,816drölf#88,828dwarf#88,833buona#88,746

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list