Packeis
[ˈpakˌʔaɪ̯s]
The verdict
“Packeis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die am häufigsten vorkommende Art von Meereis, bestehend aus aufeinander geschobenen Eisschollen
Corpus desk
Index DE-packeis · Packeis · German
Packeis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Packeis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpakˌʔaɪ̯s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Packeis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Packeis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpakˌʔaɪ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die am häufigsten vorkommende Art von Meereis, bestehend aus aufeinander geschobenen Eisschollen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Packeis, 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Packeis, spelled P-A-C-K-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1die am häufigsten vorkommende Art von Meereis, bestehend aus aufeinander geschobenen Eisschollen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Packeis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch das Aufströmen auf Hindernisse bilden sich aus dem Packeis Presseisfelder, welche die Schifffahrt behindern oder sogar unmöglich machen können.
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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.