Amiens
[aˈmjɛ̃]
The verdict
“Amiens” is uncommon German (frequency #66,960 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,960
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie
Corpus desk
Index DE-amiens · Amiens · German
Amiens · rank #66,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,960
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Altären
Nearest frequency peer: Altären (-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 „Amiens“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Althochdeut…
Althochdeutschen
33,043 corpus weight
- Altären
Altären
33,042 corpus weight
- Amiens
Amiens
33,041 corpus weight
- Amtsarzt
Amtsarzt
33,040 corpus weight
- andächtig
andächtig
33,038 corpus weight
- angeknüpft
angeknüpft
33,037 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Amiens“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Amiens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aˈmjɛ̃] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amiens“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amiens is uncommon German at frequency #66,960 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈmjɛ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Amiens, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Amiens, spelled A-M-I-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Stadt im französischen Département Somme in der Picardie
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Amiens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir hingen sozusagen in der Luft. Eines Tages erhielt ich den Befehl, mich nach dem vier bis fünf Meilen entfernten Amiens zu begeben, festzustellen, ob die Stadt frei vom Feinde sei und mich über die sanitären Anstalten zu vergewissern, vor allem darüber, ob noch deutsche Verwundete dort seien.“
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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