Ninive
[ˈniːnive]
The verdict
“Ninive” is uncommon German (frequency #70,625 among 26,919 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,625
- frequency rank, German
- 26,919
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - am Tigris gelegene Stadt in Mesopotamien
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ninive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈniːnive] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ninive” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ninive is uncommon German at frequency #70,625 among 26,919 “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
- 1am Tigris gelegene Stadt in Mesopotamien
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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Using “Ninive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-I-N-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈniːnive] (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.