Amritsar
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The verdict
“Amritsar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Großstadt in Nordindien
Corpus desk
Index DE-amritsar · Amritsar · German
Amritsar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Amritsar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Amritsar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Amritsar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großstadt in Nordindien".
Amritsar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Amritsar, spelled A-M-R-I-T-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Großstadt in Nordindien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Amritsar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das alte Rathaus von Amritsar ist ein palastartiger roter Sandsteinbau aus dem späten 19. Jahrhundert, eines der Architekturschmuckstücke, die von den britischen Kolonialherren in Indien hinterlassen wurden.“
„Eine unbewaffnete Menschenmenge versammelte sich im Jalianwala Bagh von Amritsar, einem von Mauern umgebenen Platz, der sich als grausame Falle erwies, als der britische General Dyer den Befehl erteilte, auf die Menge zu schießen.“
This word in other languages
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