jap.
[jaˈpaːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“jap.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - japanisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-jap · jap. · German
jap. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jap. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [jaˈpaːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „jap.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
jap. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [jaˈpaːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "japanisch".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jap., a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 jap., spelled J-A-P-..
Definition
- 1japanisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jap. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die jap. Seite lehnte dies mit Hinweisen auf den Vorrang des pazifischen Krieges und auf den jap.-russ. Nichtangriffspakt ab.“
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.