New Jersey

/[nuːˈdʒɝzi]/ name

The verdict

“New Jersey” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Bundesstaat im Nordosten der USA

Key facts for New Jersey
PropertyValue
HeadwordNew Jersey
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[nuːˈdʒɝzi]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “New Jersey” sits in German frequency

New Jersey falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for New Jersey is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [nuːˈdʒɝzi]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bundesstaat im Nordosten der USA".

No misspelling variants are generated for New Jersey in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is New Jersey, spelled N-E-W- -J-E-R-S-E-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesstaat im Nordosten der USA

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "New Jersey"?
"New Jersey" is spelled N-E-W- -J-E-R-S-E-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [nuːˈdʒɝzi].
What does "New Jersey" mean?
As a proper noun, "New Jersey" means: Bundesstaat im Nordosten der USA
How do you pronounce "New Jersey"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "New Jersey" is [nuːˈdʒɝzi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "New Jersey" come from?
"New Jersey" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “New Jersey”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is N-E-W- -J-E-R-S-E-Y — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [nuːˈdʒɝzi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.