Aberdeen
[ˈɛbɐˌdiːn]
The verdict
“Aberdeen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,085 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,085
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt im Osten von Schottland
Corpus desk
Index DE-aberdeen · Aberdeen · German
Aberdeen · rank #55,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,085
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abendsonne
Nearest frequency peer: Abendsonne (-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 „Aberdeen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 2G
2G
44,920 corpus weight
- Abendsonne
Abendsonne
44,917 corpus weight
- Aberdeen
Aberdeen
44,916 corpus weight
- abgemagert
abgemagert
44,915 corpus weight
- Ablagerung
Ablagerung
44,914 corpus weight
- Ablenkungen
Ablenkungen
44,913 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aberdeen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aberdeen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛbɐˌdiːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aberdeen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Aberdeen is uncommon German at frequency #55,085 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɛbɐˌdiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Aberdeen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Aberdeen, spelled A-B-E-R-D-E-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt im Osten von Schottland
- 2Grafschaft in Schottland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aberdeen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viele Leute in Aberdeen arbeiten auf Bohrinseln in der Nordsee.
Aberdeen ist einer der am östlichsten gelegenen Städte in Schottland.
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); 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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