Eisernen Vorhang
[ˌaɪ̯zɐnən ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaŋ]
The verdict
“Eisernen 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) - Akkusativ Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eisernen Vorhang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌaɪ̯zɐnən ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaŋ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eisernen Vorhang” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eisernen Vorhang is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌaɪ̯zɐnən ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Eisernen 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 Eisernen Vorhang, spelled E-I-S-E-R-N-E-N- -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
- 1Akkusativ Singular der starken Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
- 2Dativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
- 3Akkusativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
- 4Dativ Singular der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs Eiserner Vorhang
- 5Akkusativ Singular der gemischten 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-N- -V-O-R-H-A-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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