ohnedies
[oːnəˈdiːs]
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
- Oberschenke…
Oberschenkeln
37,298 corpus weight
- Oerlinghaus…
Oerlinghausen
37,296 corpus weight
- ohnedies
ohnedies
37,295 corpus weight
- operating
operating
37,293 corpus weight
- operierenden
operierenden
37,292 corpus weight
- optimus
optimus
37,291 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ohnedies“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ohnedies |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [oːnəˈdiːs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ohnedies“ im Deutschen
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
- 1drückt aus, dass etwas auf jeden Fall und unabhängig von allem eintritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ohnedies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mich interessiert ohnedies, woher all diese Schaben in der Küche kommen.
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.
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