Ödnis
[ˈøːtnɪs]
The verdict
“Ödnis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenig belebte, unkultivierte Gegend
Corpus desk
Index DE-odnis · Ödnis · German
Ödnis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ö" 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 | Ödnis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːtnɪs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ödnis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ödnis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈøːtnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wenig belebte, unkultivierte Gegend".
Ödnis has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Ödnis, spelled Ö-D-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1wenig belebte, unkultivierte Gegend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ödnis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Manchmal ist es auf diesem Teil der Strecke verlockend, in die Ödnis links oder rechts der Route 1 zu fahren, mit dem normalen Mietwagen.“
„Eine flotte Geheimpolizistin (Karoline Herfurth) verschafft Beat eine Ahnung davon, dass es auch ein Leben außerhalb dieser gottlosen Ödnis gibt.“
Synonyms
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.