Dubrovnik
[ˈdubʁɔːvniːk]
The verdict
“Dubrovnik” is uncommon German (frequency #54,451 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,451
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt am Adriatischen Meer im Süden Kroatiens
Corpus desk
Index DE-dubrovnik · Dubrovnik · German
Dubrovnik · rank #54,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,451
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH driften
Nearest frequency peer: driften (-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 „Dubrovnik“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dojo
dojo
45,554 corpus weight
- driften
driften
45,551 corpus weight
- Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
45,550 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnitten
45,548 corpus weight
- Durchschnit…
Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit
45,547 corpus weight
- durchsuchte
durchsuchte
45,546 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Dubrovnik“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dubrovnik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈdubʁɔːvniːk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Dubrovnik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Dubrovnik is uncommon German at frequency #54,451 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈdubʁɔːvniːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt am Adriatischen Meer im Süden Kroatiens".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dubrovnik, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Dubrovnik, spelled D-U-B-R-O-V-N-I-K.
Definition
- 1Stadt am Adriatischen Meer im Süden Kroatiens
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dubrovnik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Oben auf dem Srdj, dem Hausberg Dubrovniks, sollen Golfplätze, Hotels, Villen und Luxusapartments entstehen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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