Eisernem Vorhang
[ˌaɪ̯zɐnəm ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaŋ]
The verdict
“Eisernem Vorhang” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eisernem Vorhang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌaɪ̯zɐnəm ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eisernem Vorhang” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eisernem Vorhang is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌaɪ̯zɐnəm ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang".
No misspelling variants are generated for Eisernem Vorhang in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Eisernem Vorhang, spelled E-I-S-E-R-N-E-M- -V-O-R-H-A-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Dativ Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
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.
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- The one correct German spelling is E-I-S-E-R-N-E-M- -V-O-R-H-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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