Dosenöffner
[ˈdoːzn̩ˌʔœfnɐ]
The verdict
“Dosenöffner” is uncommon German (frequency #74,488 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,488
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Küchengerät, mit dem man Konservendosen öffnen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-dosenoffner · Dosenöffner · German
Dosenöffner · rank #74,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,488
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Dornröschensc…
Nearest frequency peer: Dornröschenschlaf (-2 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 „Dosenöffner“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Dornröschen…
Dornröschenschlaf
25,515 corpus weight
- Dosenöffner
Dosenöffner
25,513 corpus weight
- drahtlosen
drahtlosen
25,511 corpus weight
- dramaturgis…
dramaturgische
25,510 corpus weight
- Drehstrom
Drehstrom
25,509 corpus weight
- drinking
drinking
25,508 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dosenöffner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dosenöffner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdoːzn̩ˌʔœfnɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dosenöffner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dosenöffner is uncommon German at frequency #74,488 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdoːzn̩ˌʔœfnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Küchengerät, mit dem man Konservendosen öffnen kann".
Dosenöffner has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Dosenöffner, spelled D-O-S-E-N-Ö-F-F-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Küchengerät, mit dem man Konservendosen öffnen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dosenöffner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hast du einen Dosenöffner?
„Es war ein vielleicht längst ausrangierter Dosenöffner, aber durchaus noch brauchbar.“
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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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