öga
[ˇøːɡa]
The verdict
“öga” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sinnesorgan zum Sehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-oga · öga · German
öga · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ö" 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 | öga |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˇøːɡa] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „öga“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
öga is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˇøːɡa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for öga in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is öga, spelled Ö-G-A.
Definition
- 1Sinnesorgan zum Sehen
- 2Punkte auf einem Spielewürfel
- 3durch einen Spleiß gebildete tropfenförmige Öffnung in einem Tau
- 4Zentrum eines Wirbelsturms
- 5Keimansatz der Kartoffel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how öga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hon fick ett dammkorn i ögat.
Den ena tärningen visade två ögon.
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.