Wolkendecke
[ˈvɔlkn̩ˌdɛkə]
The verdict
“Wolkendecke” is uncommon German (frequency #53,391 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,391
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Himmel ganz oder wenigstens überwiegend bedeckende Bewölkung
Corpus desk
Index DE-wolkendecke · Wolkendecke · German
Wolkendecke · rank #53,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,391
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Wohngeld
Nearest frequency peer: Wohngeld (-2 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 „Wolkendecke“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Wohltätigke…
Wohltätigkeit
46,614 corpus weight
- Wohngebäuden
Wohngebäuden
46,613 corpus weight
- Wohngeld
Wohngeld
46,612 corpus weight
- Wolkendecke
Wolkendecke
46,610 corpus weight
- Yankee
Yankee
46,608 corpus weight
- Zeitbombe
Zeitbombe
46,607 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wolkendecke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wolkendecke |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔlkn̩ˌdɛkə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wolkendecke“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wolkendecke is uncommon German at frequency #53,391 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔlkn̩ˌdɛkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Himmel ganz oder wenigstens überwiegend bedeckende Bewölkung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wolkendecke, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 Wolkendecke, spelled W-O-L-K-E-N-D-E-C-K-E.
Definition
- 1den Himmel ganz oder wenigstens überwiegend bedeckende Bewölkung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wolkendecke appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wolkendecke senkte sich immer tiefer auf die Stadt herab.“
„Vor dem großen Glasfenster liegen die Hausdächer Brooklyns unter einer dichten Wolkendecke.“
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.
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