dreieckig
[ˈdʁaɪ̯ʔɛkɪç]
The verdict
“dreieckig” is uncommon German (frequency #59,578 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,578
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Form eines Dreiecks habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-dreieckig · dreieckig · German
dreieckig · rank #59,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,578
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Drehleiter
Nearest frequency peer: Drehleiter (-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 „dreieckig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- doctors
doctors
40,426 corpus weight
- dolls
dolls
40,425 corpus weight
- Drehleiter
Drehleiter
40,424 corpus weight
- dreieckig
dreieckig
40,423 corpus weight
- Drittels
Drittels
40,421 corpus weight
- Drogenabhän…
Drogenabhängige
40,420 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dreieckig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dreieckig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯ʔɛkɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dreieckig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dreieckig is uncommon German at frequency #59,578 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʁaɪ̯ʔɛkɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Form eines Dreiecks habend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dreieckig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is dreieckig, spelled D-R-E-I-E-C-K-I-G.
Definition
- 1die Form eines Dreiecks habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dreieckig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Hut aus dem Lied „Mein Hut, der hat drei Ecken“ ist dreieckig.
„Typisch für die meist aus Feuerstein und anderen feinkörnigen Gesteinsarten hergestellten Faustkeile ist die durch beiderseitige Abschläge hergestellte dreieckige bis birnenförmige Form.“
Synonyms
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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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