Nordrhein-Westfalen
[ˌnɔʁtʁaɪ̯nvɛstˈfaːlən]
The verdict
“Nordrhein-Westfalen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Corpus desk
Index DE-nordrhein-westfalen · Nordrhein-Westfalen · German
Nordrhein-Westfalen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌnɔʁtʁaɪ̯nvɛstˈfaːlən] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Nordrhein-Westfalen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Nordrhein-Westfalen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌnɔʁtʁaɪ̯nvɛstˈfaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland".
No misspelling variants are generated for Nordrhein-Westfalen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Nordrhein-Westfalen, spelled N-O-R-D-R-H-E-I-N---W-E-S-T-F-A-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Bundesland in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Nordrhein-Westfalen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nordrhein-Westfalen ist das bevölkerungsreichste Bundesland.
Nordrhein-Westfalen liegt im Westen Deutschlands.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.