Markise
[ˌmaʁˈkiːzə]
The verdict
“Markise” is uncommon German (frequency #97,358 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,358
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen Sonnenlicht schützendes Dach aus Stoff, das bei Bedarf ausgestellt werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-markise · Markise · German
Markise · rank #97,358 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,358
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Marktplätzen
Nearest frequency peer: Marktplätzen (+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 „Markise“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- manische
manische
2,645 corpus weight
- Markise
Markise
2,643 corpus weight
- Marktplätzen
Marktplätzen
2,642 corpus weight
- Marotten
Marotten
2,640 corpus weight
- Maser
Maser
2,639 corpus weight
- Maskenbildn…
Maskenbildner
2,638 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Markise“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Markise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌmaʁˈkiːzə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Markise“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Markise is uncommon German at frequency #97,358 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌmaʁˈkiːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Markise has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Markise, spelled M-A-R-K-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1gegen Sonnenlicht schützendes Dach aus Stoff, das bei Bedarf ausgestellt werden kann
- 2Schliff von Edelsteinen, bei dem die Facetten lanzettförmig sind
- 3Stein mit Markise [2]
- 4Getränk aus Weißwein, Selterwasser, Zucker und Zitrone
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Markise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Sommer saßen wir oft auf der Terrasse, vor der Sonne geschützt durch die Markise.
Als es anfing zu regnen, sprang mein Vater auf, um die Markise einzurollen.
Synonyms
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); 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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