Fennek
[ˈfɛnɛk]
The verdict
“Fennek” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art aus der Gattung der Vulpes, welche sich besonders durch ihre großen Ohren auszeichnet
Corpus desk
Index DE-fennek · Fennek · German
Fennek · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Fennek |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛnɛk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fennek“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fennek is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛnɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art aus der Gattung der Vulpes, welche sich besonders durch ihre großen Ohren auszeichnet".
Fennek has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fennek, spelled F-E-N-N-E-K.
Definition
- 1Art aus der Gattung der Vulpes, welche sich besonders durch ihre großen Ohren auszeichnet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fennek appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Fennek ist sehr verspielt.
Synonyms
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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.