Sanddüne
[ˈzantˌdyːnə]
The verdict
“Sanddüne” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pleonasmus für „Düne“ (wenn der Sand offen zu Tage liegt)
Corpus desk
Index DE-sanddune · Sanddüne · German
Sanddüne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Sanddüne |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzantˌdyːnə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sanddüne“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sanddüne is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzantˌdyːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pleonasmus für „Düne“ (wenn der Sand offen zu Tage liegt)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sanddüne, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Sanddüne, spelled S-A-N-D-D-Ü-N-E.
Definition
- 1Pleonasmus für „Düne“ (wenn der Sand offen zu Tage liegt)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sanddüne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn sie dieses Foto fänden, wäre es für alle Welt ersichtlich, dass die Geschichte des Motorfluges, großzügig betrachtet, im fränkischen Leutershausen ihren Anfang nahm und nicht auf einer Sanddühne [sic!] in North Carolina.“
Auf der Kurischen Nehrung gibt es riesige Sanddünen.
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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.