Dokumentarfilme
[dokumɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌfɪlmə]
The verdict
“Dokumentarfilme” is uncommon German (frequency #64,188 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,188
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Dokumentarfilm
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dokumentarfilme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dokumɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌfɪlmə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #64,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dokumentarfilme” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dokumentarfilme is uncommon German at frequency #64,188 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dokumɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌfɪlmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Dokumentarfilme has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Dokumentarfilme, spelled D-O-K-U-M-E-N-T-A-R-F-I-L-M-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Dokumentarfilm
- 2Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Dokumentarfilm
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Dokumentarfilm
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Dokumentarfilm
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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Using “Dokumentarfilme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-O-K-U-M-E-N-T-A-R-F-I-L-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.