Berlin (Ost)
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The verdict
“Berlin (Ost)” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für die östlichen Stadtbezirke von Berlin
Corpus desk
Index DE-berlin-ost · Berlin (Ost) · German
Berlin (Ost) · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | Berlin (Ost) |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Berlin (Ost)“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Berlin (Ost) is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für die östlichen Stadtbezirke von Berlin".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Berlin (Ost), typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Berlin (Ost), spelled B-E-R-L-I-N- -(-O-S-T-).
Definition
- 1für die östlichen Stadtbezirke von Berlin
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Berlin (Ost) appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Akademie der Künste zu Berlin (Ost) hat sich auf ihrer Plenarsitzung für eine Neukonstituierung sowie für Gespräche mit dem Berliner Senat, der brandenburgischen Landesregierung und der Akademie der Künste im Westteil der Stadt entschieden, um eine Klärung des künftigen Status der beiden Berliner Akademien zu erreichen.“
„Am 31. Dezember 1989 lebten in der DDR einschließlich Berlin (Ost) genau 16 433 796 Menschen.“
Synonyms
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.