oj

[oj]

/[oj]/ particle

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The verdict

“oj” is uncommon German (frequency #90,699 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a particle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,699
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - huch

Corpus desk

Index DE-oj · oj · German

oj · rank #90,699 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,699
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH offensichtlic…

Nearest frequency peer: offensichtliches (-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 „oj“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for oj
PropertyValue
Headwordoj
LanguageGerman
Part of speechParticle
IPA[oj]
Letters2
Frequency rank#90,699
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „oj“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ojfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „offensichtliches“ (#90,698), „Opernhauses“ (#90,700), „offenkundigen“ (#90,697). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „oj“ bei #90,699. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oj is uncommon German at frequency #90,699 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as aparticle, transcribed [oj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

oj doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is oj, spelled O-J.

Definition

  1. 1
    huch
  2. 2
    oh, hey, ach

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Oj, më trembe!

Synonyms

oiomojmore

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 "oj"?
"oj" is spelled O-J. The IPA pronunciation is [oj].
What does "oj" mean?
As a particle, "oj" means: huch
How do you pronounce "oj"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oj" is [oj]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oj" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list