campagne

[kɑ̃.paɲ]

/[kɑ̃.paɲ]/ noun

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The verdict

“campagne” is uncommon German (frequency #81,383 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,383
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefilde, Land

Corpus desk

Index DE-campagne · campagne · German

campagne · rank #81,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,383
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Calcit

Nearest frequency peer: Calcit (-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 „campagne“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for campagne
PropertyValue
Headwordcampagne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɑ̃.paɲ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,383
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „campagne“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).campagnefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Calcit“ (#81,381), „Canyons“ (#81,386), „capitalism“ (#81,387). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „campagne“ bei #81,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

campagne is uncommon German at frequency #81,383 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɑ̃.paɲ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for campagne in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is campagne, spelled C-A-M-P-A-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gefilde, Land
  2. 2
    Feldzug, Kampagne

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Deux mots sur la rééducation : dans la Chine rouge, à la fin de l'année 68, le Grand Timonier de la révolution, le président Mao, lança un jour une campagne qui allait changer profondément le pays : les universités furent fermées, et « les jeunes intellectuels », c'est-à-dire les lycéens qui avaient fini leurs études secondaires, furent envoyé à la campag…

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 "campagne"?
"campagne" is spelled C-A-M-P-A-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kɑ̃.paɲ].
What does "campagne" mean?
As a noun, "campagne" means: Gefilde, Land
How do you pronounce "campagne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "campagne" is [kɑ̃.paɲ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "campagne" come from?
"campagne" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

capoeira#81,388Chilenen#81,394combined#81,401blinzelt#81,356

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list