dünkelhaft
[ˈdʏŋkl̩haft]
The verdict
“dünkelhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - mit Hochmut und Arroganz
Corpus desk
Index DE-dunkelhaft · dünkelhaft · German
dünkelhaft · 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 | dünkelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʏŋkl̩haft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dünkelhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dünkelhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʏŋkl̩haft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Hochmut und Arroganz".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dünkelhaft, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 dünkelhaft, spelled D-Ü-N-K-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1mit Hochmut und Arroganz
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dünkelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Was war schon Leben? "Niederer Wahn", wie er in einem seiner dünkelhaftesten (wiewohl betörend schönen) Gedichte schrieb.“
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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.