-eck
[-ɛk]
The verdict
“-eck” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ortsnamengrundwort für Burgen, Festen, Schlösser und winkelförmige Gelände sowie dabei/darauf befindliche Siedlungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-eck · -eck · German
-eck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -eck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [-ɛk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-eck“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-eck is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [-ɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ortsnamengrundwort für Burgen, Festen, Schlösser und winkelförmige Gelände sowie dabei/darauf befindliche Siedlungen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for -eck in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 -eck, spelled --E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Ortsnamengrundwort für Burgen, Festen, Schlösser und winkelförmige Gelände sowie dabei/darauf befindliche Siedlungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -eck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Waldeck war zunächst Grafschaft.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.