düsteres

[ˈdyːstəʁəs]

/[ˈdyːstəʁəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“düsteres” is uncommon German (frequency #52,038 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,038
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-dusteres · düsteres · German

düsteres · rank #52,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,038
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dämmen

Nearest frequency peer: dämmen (-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 „düsteres“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for düsteres
PropertyValue
Headworddüsteres
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈdyːstəʁəs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „düsteres“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.düsteresfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dämmen“ (#52,037), „Ebersbach“ (#52,039), „Edikt“ (#52,040). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „düsteres“ bei #52,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

düsteres is uncommon German at frequency #52,038 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdyːstəʁəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for düsteres in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 düsteres, spelled D-Ü-S-T-E-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs düster
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs düster
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs düster
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs düster

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 "düsteres"?
"düsteres" is spelled D-Ü-S-T-E-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdyːstəʁəs].
What does "düsteres" mean?
As an adjective, "düsteres" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs düster
How do you pronounce "düsteres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "düsteres" is [ˈdyːstəʁəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "düsteres" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

einlesen#52,051diffusen#52,021defekter#52,018endenden#52,058

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list