Fünfeck
[ˈfʏnfˌʔɛk]
The verdict
“Fünfeck” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geometrische Figur mit fünf Ecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-funfeck · Fünfeck · German
Fünfeck · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Fünfeck |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʏnfˌʔɛk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fünfeck“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fünfeck is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʏnfˌʔɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geometrische Figur mit fünf Ecken".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fünfeck, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Fünfeck, spelled F-Ü-N-F-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1geometrische Figur mit fünf Ecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fünfeck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Einen Grundriss in Form eines Fünfecks hat beispielsweise das Gebäude des Verteidigungsministeriums der USA und wird deshalb „Pentagon“ genannt.
„Hippasos hat am Pentagramm (der Überlieferung nach am Dodekaeder, das aus 12 Fünfecken zusammengesetzt ist) das erste inkommensurable Verhältnis gesehen.“
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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.