Internierungslager

[ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ]

/[ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Internierungslager” is uncommon German (frequency #66,356 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,356
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lager, in das Gefangene des Militärs interniert werden

Key facts for Internierungslager
PropertyValue
HeadwordInternierungslager
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ]
Letters18
Frequency rank#66,356
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Internierungslager” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Internierungslager lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Internierungslager is uncommon German at frequency #66,356 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lager, in das Gefangene des Militärs interniert werden".

Internierungslager doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Internierungslager, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-L-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lager, in das Gefangene des Militärs interniert werden

Synonyms

Konzentrationslager

This word in other languages

internment camp(English)

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 "Internierungslager"?
"Internierungslager" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-L-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ].
What does "Internierungslager" mean?
As a noun, "Internierungslager" means: Lager, in das Gefangene des Militärs interniert werden
How do you pronounce "Internierungslager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Internierungslager" is [ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Internierungslager" come from?
"Internierungslager" 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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Using “Internierungslager”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-T-E-R-N-I-E-R-U-N-G-S-L-A-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɪntɐˈniːʁʊŋsˌlaːɡɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list