Jurte

[ˈjʊʁtə]

/[ˈjʊʁtə]/ noun

The verdict

“Jurte” is uncommon German (frequency #89,133 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,133
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zerlegbares, beheizbares, leicht zu transportierendes Rundzelt der Nomaden in West- und Zentralasien, insbesondere in der Mongolei, aber auch in Kasachstan, Usbekistan und Turkmenistan

Corpus desk

Index DE-jurte · Jurte · German

Jurte · rank #89,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,133
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH jäten

Nearest frequency peer: jäten (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Jurte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jurte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jurte
PropertyValue
HeadwordJurte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjʊʁtə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jurte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Jurtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „jäten“ (#89,134), „Jugendchor“ (#89,131), „kaba“ (#89,135). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jurte“ bei #89,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jurte is uncommon German at frequency #89,133 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjʊʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zerlegbares, beheizbares, leicht zu transportierendes Rundzelt der Nomaden in West- und Zentralasien, insbesondere in der Mongolei, aber auch in Kasachstan, Usbekistan und Turkmenistan".

Jurte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Jurte, spelled J-U-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    zerlegbares, beheizbares, leicht zu transportierendes Rundzelt der Nomaden in West- und Zentralasien, insbesondere in der Mongolei, aber auch in Kasachstan, Usbekistan und Turkmenistan

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Jurte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Auf einem der zwei Betten in der kleinen Jurte durfte er schlafen, während der Rest der Familie sich das andere Bett geteilt hat.
  2. Mit einer Jurte, Film- und Musikvorführungen, Reitshows und jeder Menge echter Mongolen präsentiert sich das Land hier.

Antonyms

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); 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 "Jurte"?
"Jurte" is spelled J-U-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjʊʁtə].
What does "Jurte" mean?
As a noun, "Jurte" means: zerlegbares, beheizbares, leicht zu transportierendes Rundzelt der Nomaden in West- und Zentralasien, insbesondere in der Mongolei, aber auch in Kasachstan, Usbekistan und Turkmenistan
How do you pronounce "Jurte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jurte" is [ˈjʊʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jurte" come from?
"Jurte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jurte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list