Phäake
[fɛˈaːkə]
The verdict
“Phäake” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im übertragenen Wortsinn gleichbedeutend mit jemandem, der einem sorglosen, genussfreudigen Lebensstil frönt
Corpus desk
Index DE-phaake · Phäake · German
Phäake · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Phäake |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛˈaːkə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phäake“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phäake is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛˈaːkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Phäake, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Phäake, spelled P-H-Ä-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1im übertragenen Wortsinn gleichbedeutend mit jemandem, der einem sorglosen, genussfreudigen Lebensstil frönt
- 2Angehöriger eines Volkes in der griechischen Mythologie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Phäake appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des Phäaken Denken dreht sich bisweilen stets ums Essen, wie der Spieß auf dem sich selbiges ebenso beständig dreht.
„Im übertragenen Wortsinn wird der Begriff Phäaken in Österreich benutzt, um geruhsam und üppig dahinlebende Leute zu bezeichnen.“
Synonyms
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.