Idolen
[iˈdoːlən]
The verdict
“Idolen” is uncommon German (frequency #98,616 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,616
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Idol
Corpus desk
Index DE-idolen · Idolen · German
Idolen · rank #98,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,616
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH ikke
Nearest frequency peer: ikke (+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 „Idolen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Hölderlins
Hölderlins
1,389 corpus weight
- Idolen
Idolen
1,385 corpus weight
- ikke
ikke
1,384 corpus weight
- Illustriert…
Illustrierter
1,383 corpus weight
- imaginärer
imaginärer
1,382 corpus weight
- Imbissbude
Imbissbude
1,381 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Idolen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Idolen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈdoːlən] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Idolen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Idolen is uncommon German at frequency #98,616 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈdoːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Idol".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Idolen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Idolen, spelled I-D-O-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Idol
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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