Nowosibirsk

[ˌnovoziˈbɪʁsk]

/[ˌnovoziˈbɪʁsk]/ name

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The verdict

“Nowosibirsk” 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
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - am Fluss Ob gelegene Stadt in Russland

Corpus desk

Index DE-nowosibirsk · Nowosibirsk · German

Nowosibirsk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for Nowosibirsk
PropertyValue
HeadwordNowosibirsk
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˌnovoziˈbɪʁsk]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Nowosibirsk” sits in German frequency

Nowosibirsk falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Nowosibirsk is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌnovoziˈbɪʁsk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "am Fluss Ob gelegene Stadt in Russland".

Nowosibirsk doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Nowosibirsk, spelled N-O-W-O-S-I-B-I-R-S-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    am Fluss Ob gelegene Stadt in Russland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Nowosibirsk ist die Mitte Sibiriens, aber es ist auch dort gefangen.“

Synonyms

Nowonikolajewsk

This word in other languages

Novosibirsk(English)Novosibirsk(Español)Novossibirsk(Français)

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Nowosibirsk"?
"Nowosibirsk" is spelled N-O-W-O-S-I-B-I-R-S-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌnovoziˈbɪʁsk].
What does "Nowosibirsk" mean?
As a proper noun, "Nowosibirsk" means: am Fluss Ob gelegene Stadt in Russland
How do you pronounce "Nowosibirsk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Nowosibirsk" is [ˌnovoziˈbɪʁsk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Nowosibirsk" come from?
"Nowosibirsk" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list