dünkt

[dʏŋkt]

/[dʏŋkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“dünkt” is uncommon German (frequency #67,138 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,138
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dünken

Corpus desk

Index DE-dunkt · dünkt · German

dünkt · rank #67,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,138
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH durchzubringen

Nearest frequency peer: durchzubringen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dünkt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dünkt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dünkt
PropertyValue
Headworddünkt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dʏŋkt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,138
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dünkt“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).dünktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „durchzubringen“ (#67,137), „dürftigen“ (#67,139), „durchlassen“ (#67,136). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dünkt“ bei #67,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dünkt is uncommon German at frequency #67,138 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [dʏŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dünkt, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dünkt, spelled D-Ü-N-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dünken
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dünken
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dünken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dünkt"?
"dünkt" is spelled D-Ü-N-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [dʏŋkt].
What does "dünkt" mean?
As a verb, "dünkt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs dünken
How do you pronounce "dünkt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dünkt" is [dʏŋkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dünkt" come from?
"dünkt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dünkt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list