Ödland

[ˈøːtlant]

/[ˈøːtlant]/ noun

The verdict

“Ödland” is uncommon German (frequency #68,936 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,936
frequency rank, German
53
“Ö” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbebautes Gelände, das nicht für forst- oder landwirtschaftliche Nutzung geeignet ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-odland · Ödland · German

Ödland · rank #68,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,936
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 53
  • PHOTO-FINISH Äxte

Nearest frequency peer: Äxte (-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 „Ödland“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ödland
PropertyValue
HeadwordÖdland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈøːtlant]
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,936
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ödland“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ödlandfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Äxte“ (#68,935), „Ölwechsel“ (#68,937), „überdreht“ (#68,938). Unter 53 „Ö“-Lemmata liegt „Ödland“ bei #68,936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ödland is uncommon German at frequency #68,936 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈøːtlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unbebautes Gelände, das nicht für forst- oder landwirtschaftliche Nutzung geeignet ist".

Zero misspellings are on record for Ödland in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Ödland, spelled Ö-D-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    unbebautes Gelände, das nicht für forst- oder landwirtschaftliche Nutzung geeignet ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Man kann sie [die Mittelmeer-Ackerschnecke] in Gärten, Parkanlagen, Feldern und im Ödland finden.
  2. Der Bezirk Murau hat österreichweit den höchsten Waldanteil, vor allem weil es wenig hochalpines Ödland gibt und kaum Agrarflächen.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ödland"?
"Ödland" is spelled Ö-D-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈøːtlant].
What does "Ödland" mean?
As a noun, "Ödland" means: unbebautes Gelände, das nicht für forst- oder landwirtschaftliche Nutzung geeignet ist
How do you pronounce "Ödland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ödland" is [ˈøːtlant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ödland" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list