ambo
[ˈam.boː]
The verdict
“ambo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. 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) - beide (zusammen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ambo · ambo · German
ambo · 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 "A" 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 | ambo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | [ˈam.boː] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ambo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ambo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed [ˈam.boː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "beide (zusammen)".
ambo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 ambo, spelled A-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1beide (zusammen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ambo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„amborum uxores / noctu Troiad exibant capitibus opertis, / flentes ambae, abeuntes lacrimis cum multis.“ (Naev. poet. 5)
„iam hisce ambo, et servos et era, frustra sunt duo, / qui me Amphitruonem rentur esse: errant probe.“ (Plaut. Amph. 974–975)
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.