Cipangu
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The verdict
“Cipangu” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittelalterliche Bezeichnung für Japan
Corpus desk
Index DE-cipangu · Cipangu · German
Cipangu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cipangu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Cipangu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Cipangu is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mittelalterliche Bezeichnung für Japan".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Cipangu in our 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Cipangu, spelled C-I-P-A-N-G-U.
Definition
- 1mittelalterliche Bezeichnung für Japan
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cipangu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Anfangs hätten die Spanier geglaubt, sie hätten die Inseln vor der Küste einer Gegend namens Asien erreicht, so wie das berühmte Cipangu (Japan) oder vielleicht Indien.“
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.