Eriwan
[ˈeʁivaːn]
The verdict
“Eriwan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Armenien
Corpus desk
Index DE-eriwan · Eriwan · German
Eriwan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | Eriwan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈeʁivaːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eriwan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eriwan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈeʁivaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hauptstadt von Armenien".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Eriwan in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Eriwan, spelled E-R-I-W-A-N.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Armenien
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eriwan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Athen ist eine Partnerstadt Eriwans.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.