Girlande
[ɡɪʁˈlandə]
The verdict
“Girlande” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus Laub, Blumen, Papier oder Stoffbändern geflochtenes, dekoratives Band
Corpus desk
Index DE-girlande · Girlande · German
Girlande · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Girlande |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡɪʁˈlandə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Girlande“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Girlande is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɪʁˈlandə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Laub, Blumen, Papier oder Stoffbändern geflochtenes, dekoratives Band".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Girlande, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Girlande, spelled G-I-R-L-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1aus Laub, Blumen, Papier oder Stoffbändern geflochtenes, dekoratives Band
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Girlande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Weihnachtsbaum wird oft mit Girlanden geschmückt.
Für das Straßenfest schmückten wir die Häuser und die Straßenlaternen mit Girlanden.
Synonyms
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.