Niobe
[ˈniːobe]
The verdict
“Niobe” is uncommon German (frequency #89,359 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,359
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tochter des Tantalus und Gemahlin des thebanischen Königs Amphion, deren sieben Söhne und sieben Töchter von Apollo und Diana getötet wurden
Corpus desk
Index DE-niobe · Niobe · German
Niobe · rank #89,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,359
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Niethammer
Nearest frequency peer: Niethammer (-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 „Niobe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Niederrad
Niederrad
10,645 corpus weight
- Niederschla…
Niederschlagswasser
10,644 corpus weight
- Niethammer
Niethammer
10,643 corpus weight
- Niobe
Niobe
10,642 corpus weight
- nominale
nominale
10,640 corpus weight
- Noobs
Noobs
10,639 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Niobe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Niobe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈniːobe] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,359 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Niobe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Niobe is uncommon German at frequency #89,359 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈniːobe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tochter des Tantalus und Gemahlin des thebanischen Königs Amphion, deren sieben Söhne und sieben Töchter von Apollo und Diana getötet wurden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Niobe, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Niobe, spelled N-I-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1Tochter des Tantalus und Gemahlin des thebanischen Königs Amphion, deren sieben Söhne und sieben Töchter von Apollo und Diana getötet wurden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Niobe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch hieß Niobe unter allen Müttern die glücklichste, und sie wäre es gewesen, wenn sie nur sich selbst nicht dafür gehalten hätte; so aber wurde das Bewußtsein ihres Glückes ihr Verderben.
Als nun die Thebanerinnen zusammenströmten, kam auf einmal Niobe im Schwarm eines königlichen Gefolges, mit einem golddurchwirkten Gewande angetan, prunkend einhergerauscht.
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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