tankt

[taŋkt]

/[taŋkt]/ verb

The verdict

“tankt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,758 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,758
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken

Corpus desk

Index DE-tankt · tankt · German

tankt · rank #69,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,758
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH taktlos

Nearest frequency peer: taktlos (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „tankt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „tankt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tankt
PropertyValue
Headwordtankt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[taŋkt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „tankt“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).tanktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „taktlos“ (#69,757), „Taro“ (#69,760), „Taiwans“ (#69,755). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „tankt“ bei #69,758. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tankt is uncommon German at frequency #69,758 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [taŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tankt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 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 tankt, spelled T-A-N-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tankt"?
"tankt" is spelled T-A-N-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [taŋkt].
What does "tankt" mean?
As a verb, "tankt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tanken
How do you pronounce "tankt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tankt" is [taŋkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tankt" come from?
"tankt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tankt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list