Drahtgitter
[ˈdʁaːtˌɡɪtɐ]
The verdict
“Drahtgitter” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geflecht/Gitter aus metallenem Draht
Corpus desk
Index DE-drahtgitter · Drahtgitter · German
Drahtgitter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Drahtgitter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaːtˌɡɪtɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Drahtgitter“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Drahtgitter is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaːtˌɡɪtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geflecht/Gitter aus metallenem Draht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Drahtgitter in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Drahtgitter, spelled D-R-A-H-T-G-I-T-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Geflecht/Gitter aus metallenem Draht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drahtgitter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Experten raten, in Hochbeete unten zum Schutz gegen Wühlmäuse ein Drahtgitter einzulegen.
[Gärtnern:] „Damit unerwünschte Eindringlinge wie Wühlmäuse und Maulwürfe keinen Schaden im Hochbeet anrichten, sollte der Boden mit engmaschigem Drahtgitter ausgelegt werden.“
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.