Dragee
[dʁaˈʒeː]
The verdict
“Dragee” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - essbarer kleiner Gegenstand, der mit Zucker oder Schokolade umhüllt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-dragee · Dragee · German
Dragee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dragee |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dʁaˈʒeː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dragee“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dragee is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʁaˈʒeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Dragee doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Dragee, spelled D-R-A-G-E-E.
Definition
- 1essbarer kleiner Gegenstand, der mit Zucker oder Schokolade umhüllt ist
- 2pharmazeutisches Produkt zur Verabreichung von medizinischen Wirkstoffen in einer Schutzschicht aus verschiedenen Zuckerarten
- 3„zusammengerollte Papierstreifen mit aufgedruckten Versen zum Werfen im Karneval“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dragee appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn du die Dragees nicht mehr isst, setze ich sie weg.
Du solltest unbedingt diese Dragees einnehmen, es wird die Heilung positiv beeinflussen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.