Donegal

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The verdict

“Donegal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewebe aus noppigen Garnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-donegal · Donegal · German

Donegal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 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.

Key facts for Donegal
PropertyValue
HeadwordDonegal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Donegal” sits in German frequency

Donegal falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Donegal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gewebe aus noppigen Garnen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Donegal in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Donegal, spelled D-O-N-E-G-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gewebe aus noppigen Garnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Er stattete seinem Maßschneider an der Savile Row einen Überraschungsbesuch ab und bestellte einen Dreiteiler aus wunderbarem Donegal.“
  2. „Piattelli präsentiert statt Smoking für Festlichkeiten schwarze Zweiknopfsakkos zu weißen Hemden mit seidenen braunen Unikrawatten und Hosen aus Donegal, braun-schwarz-beige gemustert, sehr dezent mit Lurex durchwebt – das unter Lichteinfall wie Tautropfen schimmert.“

This word in other languages

Donegal(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Donegal"?
"Donegal" is spelled D-O-N-E-G-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Donegal" mean?
As a noun, "Donegal" means: Gewebe aus noppigen Garnen
How do you pronounce "Donegal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Donegal" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Donegal" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list