dva

[dva]

/[dva]/ num

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The verdict

“dva” is uncommon German (frequency #82,675 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,675
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kardinalzahl, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 2 dargestellt wird: zwei

Corpus desk

Index DE-dva · dva · German

dva · rank #82,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,675
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH durchstreifen

Nearest frequency peer: durchstreifen (-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 „dva“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dva
PropertyValue
Headworddva
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNumeral
IPA[dva]
Letters3
Frequency rank#82,675
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dva“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.dvafällt 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: „durchstreifen“ (#82,674), „durchschritten“ (#82,673), „Durchblutungsstörungen“ (#82,672). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dva“ bei #82,675. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dva is uncommon German at frequency #82,675 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed [dva]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kardinalzahl, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 2 dargestellt wird: zwei".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dva, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is dva, spelled D-V-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kardinalzahl, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 2 dargestellt wird: zwei

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dva appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dva a dva je štyri.
  2. Po Šalamúnovej smrti sa krajina rozpadne na dve časti.

This word in other languages

two(English)

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 "dva"?
"dva" is spelled D-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is [dva].
What does "dva" mean?
As a numeral, "dva" means: Kardinalzahl, welche mit dem Zahlzeichen 2 dargestellt wird: zwei
How do you pronounce "dva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dva" is [dva]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dva" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dpi#82,666coq#82,641cel#82,620CAF#82,613

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list