Doktorhut
[ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌhuːt]
The verdict
“Doktorhut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spezieller Hut, der von einer Person getragen werden kann, die soeben das Doktorexamen (= Promotion) bestanden hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-doktorhut · Doktorhut · German
Doktorhut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Doktorhut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌhuːt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Doktorhut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Doktorhut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯ˌhuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "spezieller Hut, der von einer Person getragen werden kann, die soeben das Doktorexamen (= Promotion) bestanden hat".
Doktorhut doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Doktorhut, spelled D-O-K-T-O-R-H-U-T.
Definition
- 1spezieller Hut, der von einer Person getragen werden kann, die soeben das Doktorexamen (= Promotion) bestanden hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Doktorhut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dieses Monstrum trug gleichzeitig einen Stahlhelm, einen Homburg und einen Doktorhut.“
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.