Maharaja
[mahaˈʁaːd͡ʒa]
The verdict
“Maharaja” 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) - alternative Schreibweise von Maharadscha
Corpus desk
Index DE-maharaja · Maharaja · German
Maharaja · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Maharaja |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mahaˈʁaːd͡ʒa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maharaja“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maharaja is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mahaˈʁaːd͡ʒa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alternative Schreibweise von Maharadscha".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Maharaja, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Maharaja, spelled M-A-H-A-R-A-J-A.
Definition
- 1alternative Schreibweise von Maharadscha
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maharaja appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Überhaupt, erzählt der Maharaja, sein Reich habe früher mehr Kontakt zu Europa und Afrika gehabt als zum Rest Indiens. Das lag an den schlechten Straßen.“
„Um die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ihrer Gebiete zu fördern, ließen die Maharajas des 19. Jhs. selbst in der Wüste Thar Eisenbahnen bauen - in Kooperation mit den Briten oder ganz auf eigene Rechnung.“
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.