Europol

[ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌpoːl]

/[ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌpoːl]/ name

The verdict

“Europol” is uncommon German (frequency #57,829 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,829
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polizeibehörde der Europäischen Union mit Sitz im niederländischen Den Haag

Corpus desk

Index DE-europol · Europol · German

Europol · rank #57,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,829
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Estrich

Nearest frequency peer: Estrich (-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 „Europol“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Europol
PropertyValue
HeadwordEuropol
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌpoːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,829
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Europol“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Estrich“ (#57,828), „evaluieren“ (#57,830), „Esperanto“ (#57,827). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Europol“ bei #57,829. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Europol is uncommon German at frequency #57,829 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌpoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polizeibehörde der Europäischen Union mit Sitz im niederländischen Den Haag".

No misspelling variants are generated for Europol in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Europol, spelled E-U-R-O-P-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Polizeibehörde der Europäischen Union mit Sitz im niederländischen Den Haag

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Internationale Ermittler haben nach Angaben von Europol eine Bande von Bücherdieben gefasst, die einen enormen finanziellen und einen unschätzbaren kulturellen Schaden angerichtet haben sollen.“
  2. „Europol sucht nicht nach ihnen, also sollte alles in Ordnung sein.“

Synonyms

Europäisches Polizeiamt

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 "Europol"?
"Europol" is spelled E-U-R-O-P-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌpoːl].
What does "Europol" mean?
As a proper noun, "Europol" means: Polizeibehörde der Europäischen Union mit Sitz im niederländischen Den Haag
How do you pronounce "Europol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Europol" is [ˈɔɪ̯ʁoˌpoːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Europol" come from?
"Europol" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list