Dorftrottel
[ˈdɔʁfˌtʁɔtl̩]
The verdict
“Dorftrottel” is uncommon German (frequency #99,674 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,674
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einwohner eines Dorfes, der in Bezug auf seine Intelligenz nicht mit anderen mithalten kann und allgemein dafür bekannt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-dorftrottel · Dorftrottel · German
Dorftrottel · rank #99,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,674
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Drachenboot
Nearest frequency peer: Drachenboot (+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 „Dorftrottel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Dohlen
Dohlen
331 corpus weight
- Dokumentes
Dokumentes
329 corpus weight
- Dorftrottel
Dorftrottel
327 corpus weight
- Drachenboot
Drachenboot
326 corpus weight
- Dransfeld
Dransfeld
324 corpus weight
- Drecksblatt
Drecksblatt
323 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dorftrottel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dorftrottel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdɔʁfˌtʁɔtl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dorftrottel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dorftrottel is uncommon German at frequency #99,674 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔʁfˌtʁɔtl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einwohner eines Dorfes, der in Bezug auf seine Intelligenz nicht mit anderen mithalten kann und allgemein dafür bekannt ist".
Dorftrottel has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dorftrottel, spelled D-O-R-F-T-R-O-T-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1Einwohner eines Dorfes, der in Bezug auf seine Intelligenz nicht mit anderen mithalten kann und allgemein dafür bekannt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dorftrottel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ach der. Das ist nur der Dorftrottel.
„Die gewiß nicht schmerzhaften symbolischen Hiebe mit dem trockenen Blumenstengel waren geeignet, dem Neffen zu bedeuten, daß die Achtung vor anderen Menschen den Dorftrottel nicht ausschließen darf.“
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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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