Makedonien

[makəˈdoːni̯ən]

/[makəˈdoːni̯ən]/ name

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The verdict

“Makedonien” is uncommon German (frequency #53,888 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,888
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Landschaft in Südosteuropa, die sich über die Staaten Mazedonien, Griechenland, Bulgarien, Serbien und Albanien erstreckt

Corpus desk

Index DE-makedonien · Makedonien · German

Makedonien · rank #53,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,888
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH majestätisch

Nearest frequency peer: majestätisch (-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 „Makedonien“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Makedonien
PropertyValue
HeadwordMakedonien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[makəˈdoːni̯ən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Makedonien“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „majestätisch“ (#53,887), „Magnetismus“ (#53,886), „managing“ (#53,890). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Makedonien“ bei #53,888. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Makedonien is uncommon German at frequency #53,888 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [makəˈdoːni̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Makedonien, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Makedonien, spelled M-A-K-E-D-O-N-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Landschaft in Südosteuropa, die sich über die Staaten Mazedonien, Griechenland, Bulgarien, Serbien und Albanien erstreckt
  2. 2
    Region im Norden Griechenlands, die Teil der gleichnamigen historischen Region ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im 11. Jahrhundert wurde die heutige Region Makedonien in das Byzantinische Reich eingegliedert.
  2. Die größte Stadt und gleichzeitig wirtschaftliches und kulturelles Zentrum Makedoniens ist Thessaloniki.

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 "Makedonien"?
"Makedonien" is spelled M-A-K-E-D-O-N-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [makəˈdoːni̯ən].
What does "Makedonien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Makedonien" means: Landschaft in Südosteuropa, die sich über die Staaten Mazedonien, Griechenland, Bulgarien, Serbien und Albanien erstreckt
How do you pronounce "Makedonien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Makedonien" is [makəˈdoːni̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Makedonien" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list