Cumberland

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The verdict

“Cumberland” is uncommon German (frequency #67,107 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,107
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grafschaft im Norden Englands

Corpus desk

Index DE-cumberland · Cumberland · German

Cumberland · rank #67,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,107
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dall

Nearest frequency peer: Dall (+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 „Cumberland“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cumberland
PropertyValue
HeadwordCumberland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,107
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Cumberland“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Cumberlandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Dall“ (#67,108), „croce“ (#67,105), „Darwins“ (#67,109). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Cumberland“ bei #67,107. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cumberland is uncommon German at frequency #67,107 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Cumberland has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Cumberland, spelled C-U-M-B-E-R-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grafschaft im Norden Englands
  2. 2
    Ort im US-Bundesstaat Maryland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Lovecrafts Großvater väterlicherseits, George Lovecraft, war mit Helen Allgood verheiratet, und durch sie meinte Lovecraft, mit den Musgraves von Eden Hall in Cumberland verwandt zu sein.“
  2. „Keiner sagte etwas, dann wurde plötzlich allerlei Widerspruch laut. Der war gar kein Sattler, der war Schuhmacher, rief einer, und dem ha'm sie nie'ne Schuld nachweisen können. Und ein anderer: Der hat doch nie in der Wildnis gelebt, der hat'n Laden gehabt, mitten im Zentrum von Cumberland, Maryland.“

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 "Cumberland"?
"Cumberland" is spelled C-U-M-B-E-R-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Cumberland" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cumberland" means: Grafschaft im Norden Englands
How do you pronounce "Cumberland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cumberland" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cumberland" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Datenmenge#67,110dekorierte#67,118Bäuerinnen#67,082Boulevards#67,062

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list