dullard

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The verdict

“dullard” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Person, die langsam denkt, eine dumme Person, Dummkopf (engl.: person who thinks slowly, stupid person)

Corpus desk

Index DE-dullard · dullard · German

dullard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for dullard
PropertyValue
Headworddullard
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dullard“ im Deutschen

dullardliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dullard is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Person, die langsam denkt, eine dumme Person, Dummkopf (engl.: person who thinks slowly, stupid person)".

No misspelling variants are generated for dullard in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dullard, spelled D-U-L-L-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Person, die langsam denkt, eine dumme Person, Dummkopf (engl.: person who thinks slowly, stupid person)

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dullard"?
"dullard" is spelled D-U-L-L-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "dullard" mean?
As a noun, "dullard" means: eine Person, die langsam denkt, eine dumme Person, Dummkopf (engl.: person who thinks slowly, stupid person)
How do you pronounce "dullard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dullard" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dullard" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list