Doline
[doˈliːnə]
The verdict
“Doline” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine schlot-, trichter- oder schüsselförmige Senke von meist rundem oder elliptischen Grundriss in Karstgebieten
Corpus desk
Index DE-doline · Doline · German
Doline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Doline |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [doˈliːnə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Doline“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Doline is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [doˈliːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine schlot-, trichter- oder schüsselförmige Senke von meist rundem oder elliptischen Grundriss in Karstgebieten".
Doline has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Doline, spelled D-O-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1eine schlot-, trichter- oder schüsselförmige Senke von meist rundem oder elliptischen Grundriss in Karstgebieten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Doline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am südlichen Rand des Harzes reihen sich perlenschnurartig Erscheinungen aneinander, die auf die gesteinsauflösende Wirkung des Wassers zurückgehen: Höhlen, Erdfälle und Dolinen, Karstquellen, Bachschwinden und Flussversinkungen, Karstkegel, Schlotten, geologische Orgeln, Felsen und weiße Wände, geformt aus dem typischen Gestein des Südharzes, dem Gips.“
„Er ging geradewegs auf die Doline zu und begann seinen Abstieg in diese trichterförmige Senke.“
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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.