Hellene
[hɛˈleːnə]
The verdict
“Hellene” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grieche, Angehöriger eines antiken griechischen Stammes
Corpus desk
Index DE-hellene · Hellene · German
Hellene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | Hellene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɛˈleːnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Hellene“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Hellene is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɛˈleːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grieche, Angehöriger eines antiken griechischen Stammes".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Hellene, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Hellene, spelled H-E-L-L-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Grieche, Angehöriger eines antiken griechischen Stammes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Hellene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hatten die Römer zuvor sich stets bemüht, die Hellenen von der Rechtmäßigkeit ihres Vorgehens zu überzeugen, so ließ man jetzt alle Rücksichten fallen.“
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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.