Eisdecke
[ˈaɪ̯sˌdɛkə]
The verdict
“Eisdecke” is uncommon German (frequency #92,822 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,822
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas bedeckende Schicht aus gefrorenem Wasser (Eis)
Corpus desk
Index DE-eisdecke · Eisdecke · German
Eisdecke · rank #92,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,822
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einträchtig
Nearest frequency peer: einträchtig (-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 „Eisdecke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einsortieren
einsortieren
7,182 corpus weight
- einsperrt
einsperrt
7,181 corpus weight
- einträchtig
einträchtig
7,180 corpus weight
- Eisdecke
Eisdecke
7,179 corpus weight
- eitlen
eitlen
7,177 corpus weight
- Elefantenru…
Elefantenrunde
7,176 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eisdecke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eisdecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯sˌdɛkə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,822 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eisdecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eisdecke is uncommon German at frequency #92,822 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯sˌdɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas bedeckende Schicht aus gefrorenem Wasser (Eis)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Eisdecke in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Eisdecke, spelled E-I-S-D-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1etwas bedeckende Schicht aus gefrorenem Wasser (Eis)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eisdecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Wostoksee im Osten der Antarktis ist der größte bekannte See, der komplett unter einer Eisdecke liegt.“
„Obwohl der Grant-See zugefroren war, wurde das Granithaus weiter mit Wasser versorgt, da das Loch ja ein Stück unter der Eisdecke lag.“
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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