Dunkeln

/[ˈdʊŋkl̩n]/ noun

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Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,456

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Dunkeln is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles Pronounced [ˈdʊŋkl̩n]. It ranks #7,456 in German word frequency. Often confused with dunkle and dünnen.

Key facts for Dunkeln
PropertyValue
HeadwordDunkeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈdʊŋkl̩n]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,456
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Dunkeln in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Dunkeln is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdʊŋkl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,456 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Dunkeln, with forms such as "ddunkeln", "dnukeln", and "dukneln". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "dunkle", "dünnen", "dunklen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Dunkeln, spelled D-U-N-K-E-L-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural der starken Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  8. 8
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  9. 9
    Dativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  10. 10
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  11. 11
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  12. 12
    Plural der schwachen Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  13. 13
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  14. 14
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  15. 15
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  16. 16
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  17. 17
    Dativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  18. 18
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  19. 19
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
  20. 20
    Plural der gemischten Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddunkeln,dnukeln,dukneln,dunekln,dunkelln,dunkelnn,dunkenl,dunkkeln,dunnkeln,udnkeln

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dunkeln

Misspelling Variants of "Dunkeln"

ddunkeln8dnukeln7dukneln7dunekln7dunkelln8dunkelnn8dunkenl7dunkkeln8
Misspelling Variants of "Dunkeln"

Frequency rank: #7,456 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dunkeln"?
"Dunkeln" is spelled D-U-N-K-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʊŋkl̩n].
What does "Dunkeln" mean?
As a noun, "Dunkeln" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Substantivs Dunkles
What words are commonly confused with "Dunkeln"?
"Dunkeln" is commonly confused with "dunkle", "dünnen", "dunklen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dunkeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dunkeln" is [ˈdʊŋkl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dunkeln" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.