Nordgrenze
[ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə]
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
- NIST
NIST
18,074 corpus weight
- Nordafrikas
Nordafrikas
18,071 corpus weight
- Nordgrenze
Nordgrenze
18,070 corpus weight
- Nordhalbkug…
Nordhalbkugel
18,069 corpus weight
- Norway
Norway
18,068 corpus weight
- Notdurft
Notdurft
18,067 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Nordgrenze“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nordgrenze |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɔʁtˌɡʁɛnt͡sə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nordgrenze“ im Deutschen
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
- 1die Grenze im Norden eines Gebietes, Ortes oder Landes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nordgrenze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Tour erkundet die Nordgrenze des Ludwigsburger Landkreises.
Jetzt attackiert die Dänische Volkspartei den Kompromiss von 1920 und stellt die deutsche Nordgrenze in Frage.
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.
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