Ciconia ciconia

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The verdict

“Ciconia ciconia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name des Weißstorchs

Corpus desk

Index DE-ciconia-ciconia · Ciconia ciconia · German

Ciconia ciconia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for Ciconia ciconia
PropertyValue
HeadwordCiconia ciconia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ciconia ciconia“ im Deutschen

Ciconia ciconialiegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ciconia ciconia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name des Weißstorchs".

Ciconia ciconia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Ciconia ciconia, spelled C-I-C-O-N-I-A- -C-I-C-O-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    der wissenschaftliche Name des Weißstorchs

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der deutsche Bestand von Ciconia ciconia hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten deutlich erholt.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ciconia ciconia"?
"Ciconia ciconia" is spelled C-I-C-O-N-I-A- -C-I-C-O-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Ciconia ciconia" mean?
As a noun, "Ciconia ciconia" means: der wissenschaftliche Name des Weißstorchs
How do you pronounce "Ciconia ciconia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ciconia ciconia" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ciconia ciconia" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list