ohnedies

[oːnəˈdiːs]

/[oːnəˈdiːs]/ adv

The verdict

“ohnedies” is uncommon German (frequency #62,706 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,706
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drückt aus, dass etwas auf jeden Fall und unabhängig von allem eintritt

Corpus desk

Index DE-ohnedies · ohnedies · German

ohnedies · rank #62,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,706
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Oerlinghausen

Nearest frequency peer: Oerlinghausen (-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 „ohnedies“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ohnedies“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ohnedies
PropertyValue
Headwordohnedies
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[oːnəˈdiːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,706
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ohnedies“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ohnediesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Oerlinghausen“ (#62,705), „operating“ (#62,708), „Oberschenkeln“ (#62,703). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „ohnedies“ bei #62,706. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ohnedies is uncommon German at frequency #62,706 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [oːnəˈdiːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drückt aus, dass etwas auf jeden Fall und unabhängig von allem eintritt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ohnedies, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ohnedies, spelled O-H-N-E-D-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    drückt aus, dass etwas auf jeden Fall und unabhängig von allem eintritt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ohnedies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mich interessiert ohnedies, woher all diese Schaben in der Küche kommen.
  2. Forcher selbst meint dazu, man würde im Fernsehen ohnedies zu viel Hässliches sehen, er möchte die schönen Seiten zeigen.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ohnedies"?
"ohnedies" is spelled O-H-N-E-D-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [oːnəˈdiːs].
What does "ohnedies" mean?
As an adverb, "ohnedies" means: drückt aus, dass etwas auf jeden Fall und unabhängig von allem eintritt
How do you pronounce "ohnedies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ohnedies" is [oːnəˈdiːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ohnedies" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ohnedies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list