Marne

[ˈmaʁnə]

/[ˈmaʁnə]/ name

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The verdict

“Marne” is uncommon German (frequency #57,227 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,227
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-marne · Marne · German

Marne · rank #57,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,227
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Manövern

Nearest frequency peer: Manövern (-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 „Marne“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Marne
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈmaʁnə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Marne“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Manövern“ (#57,226), „Manie“ (#57,224), „Menschenopfer“ (#57,230). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Marne“ bei #57,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Marne is uncommon German at frequency #57,227 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmaʁnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland".

Marne has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Marne, spelled M-A-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Marne liegt in Deutschlands Norden.

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 "Marne"?
"Marne" is spelled M-A-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaʁnə].
What does "Marne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Marne" means: eine Stadt in Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Marne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marne" is [ˈmaʁnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marne" come from?
"Marne" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Manie#57,224Mains#57,223Löwin#57,217loops#57,214

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list