Teak
[tiːk]
The verdict
“Teak” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Holz des in Südostasien heimischen Teakbaums, das besonders wertvoll und dauerhaft ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-teak · Teak · German
Teak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 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 | Teak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tiːk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Teak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Teak is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tiːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Holz des in Südostasien heimischen Teakbaums, das besonders wertvoll und dauerhaft ist".
Teak has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Teak, spelled T-E-A-K.
Definition
- 1Holz des in Südostasien heimischen Teakbaums, das besonders wertvoll und dauerhaft ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Teak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da gibt es neue Vollholzmöbel, die auch individuell lackiert werden, Gartenmöbel aus Teak und moderne Möbel aus recyceltem Teakholz […].“
„Heute macht sich kaum einer mehr Gedanken, woher das Teak für riesige Gartenmöbel kommt. Teak, Tectona grandis, stammt ursprünglich aus asiatischen Urwäldern, dort, wo die letzten Orang-Utans zu Hause sind […].“
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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.