deutschemark

\døtʃ.maʁk\

/\døtʃ.maʁk\/ noun

The verdict

“deutschemark” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie de la République fédérale d’Allemagne de 1948 (quand il remplace le reichsmark) à 1999-2001 (quand il est progressivement remplacé par l’euro).

Corpus desk

Index FR-deutschemark · deutschemark · French

deutschemark · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for deutschemark
PropertyValue
Headworddeutschemark
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\døtʃ.maʁk\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « deutschemark » en français

deutschemarksiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deutschemark is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \døtʃ.maʁk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Monnaie de la République fédérale d’Allemagne de 1948 (quand il remplace le reichsmark) à 1999-2001 (quand il est progressivement remplacé par l’euro).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for deutschemark in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is deutschemark, spelled D-E-U-T-S-C-H-E-M-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monnaie de la République fédérale d’Allemagne de 1948 (quand il remplace le reichsmark) à 1999-2001 (quand il est progressivement remplacé par l’euro).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how deutschemark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La monnaie européenne serait victime, notamment en Europe de l’Est où le deutschemark est très répandu, du manque de confiance qu’elle inspire du fait d’une méconnaissance persistante.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deutschemark"?
"deutschemark" is spelled D-E-U-T-S-C-H-E-M-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \døtʃ.maʁk\.
What does "deutschemark" mean?
As a noun, "deutschemark" means: Monnaie de la République fédérale d’Allemagne de 1948 (quand il remplace le reichsmark) à 1999-2001 (quand il est progressivement remplacé par l’euro).
How do you pronounce "deutschemark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deutschemark" is \døtʃ.maʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deutschemark" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list