Gangnam
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The verdict
“Gangnam” is uncommon German (frequency #91,630 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,630
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stadtteil der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul, dessen Bevölkerung zum Großteil wohlhabend ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gangnam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gangnam” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gangnam is uncommon German at frequency #91,630 among 54,401 “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
- 1Stadtteil der südkoreanischen Hauptstadt Seoul, dessen Bevölkerung zum Großteil wohlhabend ist
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.
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Using “Gangnam”
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- The one correct German spelling is G-A-N-G-N-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.