dunkelhäutiger
[ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌhɔɪ̯tɪɡɐ]
The verdict
“dunkelhäutiger” is uncommon German (frequency #72,317 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,317
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkelhäutig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dunkelhäutiger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌhɔɪ̯tɪɡɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #72,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dunkelhäutiger” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dunkelhäutiger is uncommon German at frequency #72,317 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʊŋkl̩ˌhɔɪ̯tɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dunkelhäutiger in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dunkelhäutiger, spelled D-U-N-K-E-L-H-Ä-U-T-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkelhäutig
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkelhäutig
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkelhäutig
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkelhäutig
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dunkelhäutig
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-U-N-K-E-L-H-Ä-U-T-I-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.