Astana
[astaˈnaː]
The verdict
“Astana” is uncommon German (frequency #59,438 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,438
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt Kasachstans
Corpus desk
Index DE-astana · Astana · German
Astana · rank #59,438 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,438
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aras
Nearest frequency peer: Aras (-2 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 „Astana“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Anwerbung
Anwerbung
40,566 corpus weight
- Aras
Aras
40,565 corpus weight
- Astana
Astana
40,563 corpus weight
- aufbricht
aufbricht
40,561 corpus weight
- aufgebläht
aufgebläht
40,560 corpus weight
- Aufguss
Aufguss
40,559 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Astana“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Astana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [astaˈnaː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Astana“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Astana is uncommon German at frequency #59,438 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [astaˈnaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt Kasachstans".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Astana, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Astana, spelled A-S-T-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt Kasachstans
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Astana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Astana liegt in einer großräumigen Steppenlandschaft im Übergangsbereich zwischen dem russisch geprägten Norden Kasachstans und dem extrem dünn besiedelten Landeszentrum am Fluss Ischim.“
„Der Bahnhof von Astana ist ein wichtiger Verkehrsknotenpunkt im Eisenbahnverkehr sowohl in Nord-Süd- (von Petropawl nach Almaty und Taschkent) als auch in Ost-West-Richtung (von Moskau nach China)“.
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); 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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