Nekropole

[nekʁoˈpoːlə]

/[nekʁoˈpoːlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Nekropole” is uncommon German (frequency #93,345 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,345
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große Ansammlung von Gräbern in der Antike oder in der Vorgeschichte

Corpus desk

Index DE-nekropole · Nekropole · German

Nekropole · rank #93,345 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,345
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nebelhorn

Nearest frequency peer: Nebelhorn (-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 „Nekropole“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nekropole
PropertyValue
HeadwordNekropole
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[nekʁoˈpoːlə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,345
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nekropole“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nebelhorn“ (#93,344), „Neandertal“ (#93,343), „nets“ (#93,347). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nekropole“ bei #93,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nekropole is uncommon German at frequency #93,345 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nekʁoˈpoːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große Ansammlung von Gräbern in der Antike oder in der Vorgeschichte".

Nekropole has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Nekropole, spelled N-E-K-R-O-P-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    große Ansammlung von Gräbern in der Antike oder in der Vorgeschichte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Schließlich haben sie überall in den heute einsamen Tuffsteinschluchten zwischen Siena und Rom riesige Nekropolen mit Zehntausenden Gräbern hinterlassen.“
  2. „Nördlich von Cividale, auf dem Hügel San Mauro, wurde Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts eine große langobardische Nekropole freigelegt.“

Synonyms

Totenstadt

This word in other languages

necropolis(English)necrópolis(Español)nécropole(Français)

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 "Nekropole"?
"Nekropole" is spelled N-E-K-R-O-P-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [nekʁoˈpoːlə].
What does "Nekropole" mean?
As a noun, "Nekropole" means: große Ansammlung von Gräbern in der Antike oder in der Vorgeschichte
How do you pronounce "Nekropole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nekropole" is [nekʁoˈpoːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nekropole" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Nebelhorn#93,344orientale#93,380Osterfeld#93,386mitmachte#93,301

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list