Nordgrenze

[ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]

/[ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]/ noun

The verdict

“Nordgrenze” is uncommon German (frequency #81,931 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,931
frequency rank, German
1,954
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Grenze im Norden eines Gebietes, Ortes oder Landes

Corpus desk

Index DE-nordgrenze · Nordgrenze · German

Nordgrenze · rank #81,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,931
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,954
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nordafrikas

Nearest frequency peer: Nordafrikas (-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 „Nordgrenze“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Nordgrenze
PropertyValue
HeadwordNordgrenze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Nordgrenze“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Nordafrikas“ (#81,930), „Nordhalbkugel“ (#81,932), „Norway“ (#81,933). Unter 1,954 „N“-Lemmata liegt „Nordgrenze“ bei #81,931. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nordgrenze is uncommon German at frequency #81,931 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Grenze im Norden eines Gebietes, Ortes oder Landes".

No misspelling variants are generated for Nordgrenze in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Nordgrenze, spelled N-O-R-D-G-R-E-N-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Grenze im Norden eines Gebietes, Ortes oder Landes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Tour erkundet die Nordgrenze des Ludwigsburger Landkreises.
  2. Jetzt attackiert die Dänische Volkspartei den Kompromiss von 1920 und stellt die deutsche Nordgrenze in Frage.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "Nordgrenze"?
"Nordgrenze" is spelled N-O-R-D-G-R-E-N-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə].
What does "Nordgrenze" mean?
As a noun, "Nordgrenze" means: die Grenze im Norden eines Gebietes, Ortes oder Landes
How do you pronounce "Nordgrenze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nordgrenze" is [ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nordgrenze" come from?
"Nordgrenze" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list