Makassar
[…]
The verdict
“Makassar” 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) - Sprache, die auf der indonesischen Halbinsel Sulawesi Selatan gesprochen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-makassar · Makassar · German
Makassar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Makassar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Makassar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Makassar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sprache, die auf der indonesischen Halbinsel Sulawesi Selatan gesprochen wird".
Makassar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Makassar, spelled M-A-K-A-S-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sprache, die auf der indonesischen Halbinsel Sulawesi Selatan gesprochen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Makassar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es folgten Übersetzung ins Atjeh und Minangkabau, Bugi und Makassar, während die sundanesischen und maduresischen Übersetzungen wohl auf die alte javanische Übersetzung zurückgehen werden[.]“
„Auf Banda heißt der Baum Romiho, das Mehl Sangyera; in Makassar der Baum Rambiya, das Mehl Palehu und in der Mindanao-Sprache hat der Baum den Namen Labi.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.