Dubrovnik

[ˈdubʁɔːvniːk]

/[ˈdubʁɔːvniːk]/ name

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dubrovnik
PropertyValue
HeadwordDubrovnik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈdubʁɔːvniːk]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,451
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dubrovnik“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Dubrovnikfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „driften“ (#54,450), „Durchschnitten“ (#54,453), „Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit“ (#54,454). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dubrovnik“ bei #54,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Stadt am Adriatischen Meer im Süden Kroatiens

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dubrovnik"?
"Dubrovnik" is spelled D-U-B-R-O-V-N-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdubʁɔːvniːk].
What does "Dubrovnik" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dubrovnik" means: Stadt am Adriatischen Meer im Süden Kroatiens
How do you pronounce "Dubrovnik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dubrovnik" is [ˈdubʁɔːvniːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dubrovnik" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list