DDR-Bürger
[deːdeːˈʔɛʁˌbʏʁɡɐ]
The verdict
“DDR-Bürger” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik wohnt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ddr-burger · DDR-Bürger · German
DDR-Bürger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | DDR-Bürger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deːdeːˈʔɛʁˌbʏʁɡɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „DDR-Bürger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
DDR-Bürger is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [deːdeːˈʔɛʁˌbʏʁɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik wohnt".
DDR-Bürger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is DDR-Bürger, spelled D-D-R---B-Ü-R-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik wohnt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how DDR-Bürger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beim Versuch, am Berliner Grenzübergang Heinrich-Heine-Straße DDR-Bürgern zur Republikflucht zu verhelfen, wird der 27-jährige ehemalige DDR-Bürger Heinz Schönhuber von Grenzposten der DDR erschossen.“
„Die Halbinselkette und Hiddensee gehörten nach 1945 zu den Lieblingsurlaubszielen der in ihrer Reisefreiheit stark eingeschränkten DDR-Bürger.“
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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.