Arkadien
[aʁˈkaːdi̯ən]
The verdict
“Arkadien” is uncommon German (frequency #82,504 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,504
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bergland auf dem Peloponnes in Griechenland
Corpus desk
Index DE-arkadien · Arkadien · German
Arkadien · rank #82,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,504
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aromatischer
Nearest frequency peer: aromatischer (+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 „Arkadien“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arbeitsplan
Arbeitsplan
17,500 corpus weight
- Arbeitsschr…
Arbeitsschritt
17,499 corpus weight
- Arkadien
Arkadien
17,497 corpus weight
- aromatischer
aromatischer
17,496 corpus weight
- Arrondissem…
Arrondissement
17,495 corpus weight
- Artillerief…
Artilleriefeuer
17,494 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Arkadien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arkadien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʁˈkaːdi̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Arkadien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Arkadien is uncommon German at frequency #82,504 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʁˈkaːdi̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Arkadien in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Arkadien, spelled A-R-K-A-D-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Bergland auf dem Peloponnes in Griechenland
- 2In der Antike ein Hirtenland, welches in der Dichtersprache zum Land der Seligkeit und des Glücks idealisiert wurde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Arkadien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Arkadien (griechisch Αρκαδία - Arkadía) ist eine der fünf Präfekturen (νομοί/nomí) der griechischen Verwaltungsregion Peloponnes.“
„Auch ich war in Arkadien geboren, auch mir hat die Natur an meiner Wiege Freude zugeschworen, auch ich war in Arkadien geboren, doch Tränen gab der kurze Lenz mir nur.“
Synonyms
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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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