Flächenstaat
[ˈflɛçn̩ˌʃtaːt]
The verdict
“Flächenstaat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dünn besiedelte unabhängige politische Einheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-flachenstaat · Flächenstaat · German
Flächenstaat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Flächenstaat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɛçn̩ˌʃtaːt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flächenstaat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flächenstaat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflɛçn̩ˌʃtaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Flächenstaat has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Flächenstaat, spelled F-L-Ä-C-H-E-N-S-T-A-A-T.
Definition
- 1dünn besiedelte unabhängige politische Einheit
- 2Bundesland oder -staat, das beziehungsweise der nicht nur aus einer Stadt besteht
- 3durch seine territoriale Ausdehnung definiertes unabhängiges politisches Gebilde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flächenstaat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer je die Mongolei bereist hat, weiß, was ein Flächenstaat ist.
„Die Stadt New York City hatte für den Fall eines negativen Referendums mit der Abspaltung vom Flächenstaat New York gedroht.“
Antonyms
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.