Ninive

[ˈniːnive]

/[ˈniːnive]/ name

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The verdict

“Ninive” is uncommon German (frequency #70,625 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,625
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Tigris gelegene Stadt in Mesopotamien

Corpus desk

Index DE-ninive · Ninive · German

Ninive · rank #70,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,625
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nitrate

Nearest frequency peer: Nitrate (+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 „Ninive“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ninive
PropertyValue
HeadwordNinive
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈniːnive]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ninive“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nitrate“ (#70,626), „niederländisches“ (#70,622), „Notausgang“ (#70,628). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Ninive“ bei #70,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ninive is uncommon German at frequency #70,625 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈniːnive]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Tigris gelegene Stadt in Mesopotamien".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Ninive in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ninive, spelled N-I-N-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    am Tigris gelegene Stadt in Mesopotamien

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Ninive am linken Ufer des Tigris wird heute von der Metropole Mossul überwuchert.“

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 "Ninive"?
"Ninive" is spelled N-I-N-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈniːnive].
What does "Ninive" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ninive" means: am Tigris gelegene Stadt in Mesopotamien
How do you pronounce "Ninive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ninive" is [ˈniːnive]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ninive" come from?
"Ninive" 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 "Ninive", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

orphan#70,641reding#70,707manage#70,542Mammon#70,541

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list