Takke
[ˈtakə]
The verdict
“Takke” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kopfbedeckung für muslimische Männer, die diese beim Gebet aufsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-takke · Takke · German
Takke · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Takke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtakə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Takke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Takke is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtakə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kopfbedeckung für muslimische Männer, die diese beim Gebet aufsetzen".
Takke doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Takke, spelled T-A-K-K-E.
Definition
- 1Kopfbedeckung für muslimische Männer, die diese beim Gebet aufsetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Takke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein anderer Stammesangehöriger, jünger und glatt rasiert mit runder, limettenfarbiger Gebetsmütze, die man als Takke bezeichnete, näherte sich von links.“
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.