Forke
[ˈfɔʁkə]
The verdict
“Forke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zum Aufladen/Wenden von Heu, Mist oder dergleichen
Corpus desk
Index DE-forke · Forke · German
Forke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Forke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁkə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Forke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Forke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät zum Aufladen/Wenden von Heu, Mist oder dergleichen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Forke, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Forke, spelled F-O-R-K-E.
Definition
- 1Gerät zum Aufladen/Wenden von Heu, Mist oder dergleichen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Forke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Andere lassen ihre Tiere stundenlang über das auf einem runden Platz zusammengetragene Getreide trampeln, während sie das Stroh immer wieder mit der aus einer Astgabel geschnitzten Forke in die Luft werfen.“
This word in other languages
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.