Pomade
[poˈmaːdə]
The verdict
“Pomade” 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) - Fett oder Salbe für kosmetische Zwecke, insbesondere für die Haarpflege
Corpus desk
Index DE-pomade · Pomade · German
Pomade · 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 | Pomade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈmaːdə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Pomade“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Pomade is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈmaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fett oder Salbe für kosmetische Zwecke, insbesondere für die Haarpflege".
Zero misspellings are on record for Pomade in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Pomade, spelled P-O-M-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Fett oder Salbe für kosmetische Zwecke, insbesondere für die Haarpflege
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Pomade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für seine Frisur verwendete er Pomade anstatt Haargel.
„Er verurteilte meine allzu kunstreiche Frisur und den zarten Duft meiner Pomade.“
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.