Berber
[ˈbɛʁbɐ]
The verdict
“Berber” is uncommon German (frequency #58,610 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,610
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einige Gemeinschaften in Nordafrika
Corpus desk
Index DE-berber · Berber · German
Berber · rank #58,610 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,610
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH benahm
Nearest frequency peer: benahm (-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 „Berber“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- begnügt
begnügt
41,395 corpus weight
- Belzig
Belzig
41,393 corpus weight
- benahm
benahm
41,392 corpus weight
- Berber
Berber
41,391 corpus weight
- Bergwerken
Bergwerken
41,389 corpus weight
- Berichtes
Berichtes
41,388 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Berber“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Berber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbɛʁbɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Berber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Berber is uncommon German at frequency #58,610 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbɛʁbɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Berber has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Berber, spelled B-E-R-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1einige Gemeinschaften in Nordafrika
- 2eine der ältesten Pferderassen weltweit
- 3Angehöriger sozial organisierter Gruppen nicht sesshafter Obdachloser
- 4Wollteppichart der orientalischen Teppiche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Berber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Berber ist ein Oberbegriff für eine Reihe von Gemeinschaften in Nordafrika westlich des Nils, die eine Berbersprache sprechen.
„Paramilitärische und reguläre Einheiten griffen daraufhin die Araber und Berber an, auch mit Bomben.“
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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