Assyrien

[aˈsyːʁiən]

/[aˈsyːʁiən]/ name

The verdict

“Assyrien” is uncommon German (frequency #91,290 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,290
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reich, Königreich im alten Nordmesopotamien. Hauptstädte: Assur, später Ninive. Im engeren Sinne das Kernland, Siedlungsgebiet der Assyrer im heutigen Nordirak

Corpus desk

Index DE-assyrien · Assyrien · German

Assyrien · rank #91,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,290
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH assoziativ

Nearest frequency peer: assoziativ (-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 „Assyrien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Assyrien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Assyrien
PropertyValue
HeadwordAssyrien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[aˈsyːʁiən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#91,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Assyrien“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Assyrienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „assoziativ“ (#91,289), „astronomischer“ (#91,291), „aspartam“ (#91,288). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Assyrien“ bei #91,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Assyrien is uncommon German at frequency #91,290 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aˈsyːʁiən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reich, Königreich im alten Nordmesopotamien. Hauptstädte: Assur, später Ninive. Im engeren Sinne das Kernland, Siedlungsgebiet der Assyrer im heutigen Nordirak".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Assyrien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Assyrien, spelled A-S-S-Y-R-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reich, Königreich im alten Nordmesopotamien. Hauptstädte: Assur, später Ninive. Im engeren Sinne das Kernland, Siedlungsgebiet der Assyrer im heutigen Nordirak

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Assyrien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Händler reiste zwischen Anatolien und Assyrien hin und her.
  2. Sanherib war König von Assyrien und von Babylonien.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Assyrien"?
"Assyrien" is spelled A-S-S-Y-R-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈsyːʁiən].
What does "Assyrien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Assyrien" means: Reich, Königreich im alten Nordmesopotamien. Hauptstädte: Assur, später Ninive. Im engeren Sinne das Kernland, Siedlungsgebiet der Assyrer im heutigen Nordirak
How do you pronounce "Assyrien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Assyrien" is [aˈsyːʁiən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Assyrien" come from?
"Assyrien" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Assyrien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list