Doppelkopf
[ˈdɔpl̩ˌkɔp͡f]
The verdict
“Doppelkopf” is uncommon German (frequency #77,866 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,866
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kartenspiel für (üblicherweise) vier Personen, das Ähnlichkeiten mit Schafkopf und Skat aufweist, jedoch im Unterschied zu diesen Spielen mit 24 jeweils doppelt vorhandenen Karten (also insgesamt 4...
Corpus desk
Index DE-doppelkopf · Doppelkopf · German
Doppelkopf · rank #77,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,866
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Donauinsel
Nearest frequency peer: Donauinsel (-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 „Doppelkopf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- divinity
divinity
22,138 corpus weight
- dominierend
dominierend
22,137 corpus weight
- Donauinsel
Donauinsel
22,136 corpus weight
- Doppelkopf
Doppelkopf
22,135 corpus weight
- Dorfschule
Dorfschule
22,134 corpus weight
- Dreiecken
Dreiecken
22,133 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Doppelkopf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Doppelkopf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔpl̩ˌkɔp͡f] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Doppelkopf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Doppelkopf is uncommon German at frequency #77,866 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔpl̩ˌkɔp͡f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Doppelkopf in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Doppelkopf, spelled D-O-P-P-E-L-K-O-P-F.
Definition
- 1Kartenspiel für (üblicherweise) vier Personen, das Ähnlichkeiten mit Schafkopf und Skat aufweist, jedoch im Unterschied zu diesen Spielen mit 24 jeweils doppelt vorhandenen Karten (also insgesamt 48) gespielt wird
- 2ein Stich mit 40 oder mehr Augen im gleichnamigen Kartenspiel [1]
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Doppelkopf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jedoch bieten auch viele andere Spiele, wie etwa Bridge, Canasta, Watten und Doppelkopf, die Möglichkeit zum Bluffen.“
This word in other languages
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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