Ardennen
[aʁˈdɛnən]
The verdict
“Ardennen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,112 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,112
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - belgisches, luxemburgisches und französisches Mittelgebirge; ein Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges
Corpus desk
Index DE-ardennen · Ardennen · German
Ardennen · rank #63,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,112
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH archivieren
Nearest frequency peer: archivieren (-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 „Ardennen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- anzündet
anzündet
36,892 corpus weight
- Arbeitskrei…
Arbeitskreise
36,891 corpus weight
- archivieren
archivieren
36,890 corpus weight
- Ardennen
Ardennen
36,889 corpus weight
- Arterioskle…
Arteriosklerose
36,887 corpus weight
- Assyrer
Assyrer
36,886 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ardennen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ardennen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʁˈdɛnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ardennen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ardennen is uncommon German at frequency #63,112 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʁˈdɛnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "belgisches, luxemburgisches und französisches Mittelgebirge; ein Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ardennen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Ardennen, spelled A-R-D-E-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1belgisches, luxemburgisches und französisches Mittelgebirge; ein Teil des Rheinischen Schiefergebirges
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ardennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ardennen haben eine mittlere Höhe von 550 m, während ihre höchsten Berge 650 m kaum übersteigen.
„Eine letzte deutsche Offensive in den Ardennen war im Dezember nach wenigen Tagen gescheitert.“
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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