dünne

Name: dünne, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈdʏnə]

/[ˈdʏnə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“dünne” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,353) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,353
frequency rank, German: 2,764
“D” headwords: 3
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

Corpus desk

Index DE-dunne · dünne · German

dünne · rank #9,353 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,353
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 3 variants
BOOK-MID 2,764
PHOTO-FINISH drohte

Nearest frequency peer: drohte (-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.

Doris

90,651
drohte

90,649
dünne

90,648
ebenda

90,647
ehrliche

90,646
Eimer

90,645

What this shows Balken platzieren „dünne“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dünne vs dürfe

60% similar

dünne vs Dürre

40% similar

dünne vs Dunst

20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dünne
Property	Value
Headword	dünne
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈdʏnə]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#9,353
Misspellings tracked	3
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „dünne“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dünneliegt auf dieser Marke:

#9,353

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „drohte“ (#9,352), „ebenda“ (#9,354), „ehrliche“ (#9,355). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dünne“ bei #9,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dünne is neighbouring look-alikes ("dürfe", "Dürre", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈdʏnə]. Frequency #9,353 among 2,764 “D” headwords. 9 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for dünne, with forms such as "ddünne", "dnüne", and "üdnne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dürfe", "Dürre", "Dunst", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 dünne, spelled D-Ü-N-N-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddünne
dnüne
üdnne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dünne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "dünne"

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 "dünne"?

"dünne" is spelled D-Ü-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdʏnə].

What does "dünne" mean?

As an adjective, "dünne" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

What words are commonly confused with "dünne"?

"dünne" is commonly confused with "dürfe", "Dürre", "Dunst". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "dünne"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dünne" is [ˈdʏnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dünne" come from?

"dünne" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Doris#9,350 Eimer#9,356 Flyer#9,365 Björn#9,340