dünsten
[ˈdʏnstn̩]
The verdict
“dünsten” is uncommon German (frequency #74,501 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,501
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Speisen im geschlossenen Gefäß garen
Corpus desk
Index DE-dunsten · dünsten · German
dünsten · rank #74,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,501
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgefahren
Nearest frequency peer: durchgefahren (-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 „dünsten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- drunk
drunk
25,504 corpus weight
- drückend
drückend
25,503 corpus weight
- durchgefahr…
durchgefahren
25,501 corpus weight
- dünsten
dünsten
25,500 corpus weight
- Ehrenrunde
Ehrenrunde
25,498 corpus weight
- ehrenwerte
ehrenwerte
25,497 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dünsten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dünsten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈdʏnstn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dünsten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dünsten is uncommon German at frequency #74,501 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdʏnstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dünsten, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is dünsten, spelled D-Ü-N-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Speisen im geschlossenen Gefäß garen
- 2dampfen, Dampf verbreiten, Feuchtigkeit von sich geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dünsten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gemüse ist leichter verdaulich, wenn es gedünstet wurde.
Die verschwitzte Kleidung dünstet noch lange unangenehm riechend.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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