Dschellaba
[ˈd͡ʒɛlaba]
The verdict
“Dschellaba” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weites, wollenes nordafrikanisches Kleidungsstück mit Kapuze (für Männer und Frauen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-dschellaba · Dschellaba · German
Dschellaba · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Dschellaba |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd͡ʒɛlaba] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dschellaba“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dschellaba is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd͡ʒɛlaba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weites, wollenes nordafrikanisches Kleidungsstück mit Kapuze (für Männer und Frauen)".
Dschellaba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Dschellaba, spelled D-S-C-H-E-L-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1weites, wollenes nordafrikanisches Kleidungsstück mit Kapuze (für Männer und Frauen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dschellaba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er trug eine Dschellaba.
„Vers 59 der 33. Sure, ‚Die Parteien‘: ‚Prophet, sag deinen Frauen und deinen Töchtern und allen Frauen der Gläubigen, dass sie die Dschellaba tragen sollen. Dies ist besser so, damit die Leute wissen, dass es sich um ehrbare Personen handelt und sie nicht belästigt werden.‘ Diesen Vers zitieren die Fundamentalisten am häufigsten, um das Tragen des Schlei…
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.