durchschaubar
[dʊʁçˈʃaʊ̯baːɐ̯]
The verdict
“durchschaubar” is uncommon German (frequency #50,399 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,399
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so gestaltet, dass etwas (leicht) zu verstehen ist; so, dass auch der wahre Kern einer Sache/Person (klar) erkennbar ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-durchschaubar · durchschaubar · German
durchschaubar · rank #50,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,399
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH durchgedreht
Nearest frequency peer: durchgedreht (-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 „durchschaubar“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Duktus
Duktus
49,605 corpus weight
- durchgedreht
durchgedreht
49,603 corpus weight
- durchschaub…
durchschaubar
49,602 corpus weight
- durchsuchten
durchsuchten
49,601 corpus weight
- Dübel
Dübel
49,599 corpus weight
- düngen
düngen
49,598 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „durchschaubar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durchschaubar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dʊʁçˈʃaʊ̯baːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #50,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „durchschaubar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
durchschaubar is uncommon German at frequency #50,399 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dʊʁçˈʃaʊ̯baːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so gestaltet, dass etwas (leicht) zu verstehen ist; so, dass auch der wahre Kern einer Sache/Person (klar) erkennbar ist".
Zero misspellings are on record for durchschaubar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is durchschaubar, spelled D-U-R-C-H-S-C-H-A-U-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1so gestaltet, dass etwas (leicht) zu verstehen ist; so, dass auch der wahre Kern einer Sache/Person (klar) erkennbar ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durchschaubar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Argumentation ist ja nun mal so was von durchschaubar!
Ich tue mich hier schwer, denn seine Motive sind nicht leicht durchschaubar.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).