Namur
[naˈmyːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Namur” is uncommon German (frequency #68,513 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,513
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hauptstadt der Wallonischen Region und der Provinz Namur
Corpus desk
Index DE-namur · Namur · German
Namur · rank #68,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,513
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH namentliche
Nearest frequency peer: namentliche (-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 „Namur“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- nail
nail
31,491 corpus weight
- namentliche
namentliche
31,489 corpus weight
- Namur
Namur
31,488 corpus weight
- Nasenspitze
Nasenspitze
31,487 corpus weight
- nativ
nativ
31,486 corpus weight
- Naturgewalt
Naturgewalt
31,485 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Namur“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Namur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [naˈmyːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Namur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Namur is uncommon German at frequency #68,513 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [naˈmyːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Namur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Namur, spelled N-A-M-U-R.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt der Wallonischen Region und der Provinz Namur
- 2belgische Provinz im Osten von Belgien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Namur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie studiert in Namur.
Namur grenzt im Süden an Frankreich.
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.
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