dringe
[ˈdʁɪŋə]
The verdict
“dringe” is uncommon German (frequency #95,439 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,439
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dringe · dringe · German
dringe · rank #95,439 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,439
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Dreisatz
Nearest frequency peer: Dreisatz (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dringe”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- drankommen
drankommen
4,565 corpus weight
- dreimonatige
dreimonatige
4,564 corpus weight
- Dreisatz
Dreisatz
4,563 corpus weight
- dringe
dringe
4,562 corpus weight
- Drogenprobl…
Drogenproblem
4,561 corpus weight
- dubioser
dubioser
4,559 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dringe” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dringe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʁɪŋə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dringe” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dringe is uncommon German at frequency #95,439 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʁɪŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
dringe has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is dringe, spelled D-R-I-N-G-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dringen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dringen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dringen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dringen
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.