Gangnam

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The verdict

“Gangnam” is uncommon German (frequency #91,630 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,630
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadtteil der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul, dessen Bevölkerung zum Großteil wohlhabend ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-gangnam · Gangnam · German

Gangnam · rank #91,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,630
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH ganzjährige

Nearest frequency peer: ganzjährige (+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 „Gangnam“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gangnam
PropertyValue
HeadwordGangnam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,630
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gangnam“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ganzjährige“ (#91,631), „Gassenhauer“ (#91,632), „Führungspersönlichkeit“ (#91,627). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gangnam“ bei #91,630. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gangnam is uncommon German at frequency #91,630 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadtteil der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul, dessen Bevölkerung zum Großteil wohlhabend ist".

Zero misspellings are on record for Gangnam in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Gangnam, spelled G-A-N-G-N-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stadtteil der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul, dessen Bevölkerung zum Großteil wohlhabend ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „In Gangnam gibt es Hunderte Kliniken.“

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 "Gangnam"?
"Gangnam" is spelled G-A-N-G-N-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Gangnam" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gangnam" means: Stadtteil der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul, dessen Bevölkerung zum Großteil wohlhabend ist
How do you pronounce "Gangnam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gangnam" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gangnam" come from?
"Gangnam" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gedealt#91,635gereimt#91,651Formung#91,602flüchte#91,596

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list