Arni
[ˈaʁni]
The verdict
“Arni” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - (meist wild lebender) Wasserbüffel
Corpus desk
Index DE-arni · Arni · German
Arni · 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 | Arni |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁni] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Arni“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Arni is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁni]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(meist wild lebender) Wasserbüffel".
No misspelling variants are generated for Arni in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Arni, spelled A-R-N-I.
Definition
- 1(meist wild lebender) Wasserbüffel
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Arni appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die nahe des Ufers grasenden Arnis essen Binsen- und Sauergrasgewächse.
Synonyms
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.