Tonnendach
[ˈtɔnənˌdax]
The verdict
“Tonnendach” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dach in der Form eines halben liegenden Zylinders, halbrunde Dachform
Corpus desk
Index DE-tonnendach · Tonnendach · German
Tonnendach · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Tonnendach |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɔnənˌdax] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tonnendach“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tonnendach is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɔnənˌdax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dach in der Form eines halben liegenden Zylinders, halbrunde Dachform".
Tonnendach 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Tonnendach, spelled T-O-N-N-E-N-D-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Dach in der Form eines halben liegenden Zylinders, halbrunde Dachform
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tonnendach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tonnendach heißt ein Dach von der Form eines Tonnengewölbes; meist sind mehrere Tonnen nebeneinander angeordnet.“
„Nach dem Krieg wurde Kassel zum zweiten Mal gebaut. Kaufhäuser, Schulen und Bürogebäude veranschaulichen noch heute den Stil der ‚neuen Dynamik‘. Attikageschosse, Glasbausteine und Tonnendächer säumen die viel zu breiten Straßen.“
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.