Dotter

[ˈdɔtɐ]

/[ˈdɔtɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Dotter” is uncommon German (frequency #83,861 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,861
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Eigelb, das hauptsächlich die Nährstoffe für den zu bildenden Organismus enthält

Corpus desk

Index DE-dotter · Dotter · German

Dotter · rank #83,861 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,861
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Doppelhaus

Nearest frequency peer: Doppelhaus (-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 „Dotter“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dotter“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dotter
PropertyValue
HeadwordDotter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdɔtɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#83,861
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dotter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Dotterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Doppelhaus“ (#83,860), „Douglasie“ (#83,862), „Doppeldeutigkeit“ (#83,859). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dotter“ bei #83,861. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dotter is uncommon German at frequency #83,861 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdɔtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Eigelb, das hauptsächlich die Nährstoffe für den zu bildenden Organismus enthält".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dotter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Dotter, spelled D-O-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Eigelb, das hauptsächlich die Nährstoffe für den zu bildenden Organismus enthält

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das übergebliebene Dotter und Eiweiß, was nicht zu seiner Bildung verwendet wurde, dient zu seiner Nahrung, bis es sich selbst helfen kann.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dotter"?
"Dotter" is spelled D-O-T-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɔtɐ].
What does "Dotter" mean?
As a noun, "Dotter" means: das Eigelb, das hauptsächlich die Nährstoffe für den zu bildenden Organismus enthält
How do you pronounce "Dotter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dotter" is [ˈdɔtɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dotter" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dotter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list