Ölberg

[ˈøːlˌbɛʁk]

/[ˈøːlˌbɛʁk]/ name

The verdict

“Ölberg” is uncommon German (frequency #91,212 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,212
frequency rank, German
53
“Ö” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - östlich der Jerusalemer Altstadt gelegene Erhebung

Corpus desk

Index DE-olberg · Ölberg · German

Ölberg · rank #91,212 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,212
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 53
  • PHOTO-FINISH ökumenisches

Nearest frequency peer: ökumenisches (-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 „Ölberg“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ölberg
PropertyValue
HeadwordÖlberg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈøːlˌbɛʁk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,212
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ölberg“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ökumenisches“ (#91,211), „Ökosystemen“ (#91,210), „übergebenen“ (#91,214). Unter 53 „Ö“-Lemmata liegt „Ölberg“ bei #91,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ölberg is uncommon German at frequency #91,212 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈøːlˌbɛʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "östlich der Jerusalemer Altstadt gelegene Erhebung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ölberg, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ölberg, spelled Ö-L-B-E-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    östlich der Jerusalemer Altstadt gelegene Erhebung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im April, nach der Evakuierung Jaffas und Tel Avivs, hatte Dschamal Pascha die in Jerusalem verbliebenen Konsuln zu einer dringenden Besprechung in sein Hauptquartier auf dem Ölberg einberufen.“
  2. „Abed arbeitete bis nachmittags bei Bezeq, wo er eine Monteurkolonne beaufsichtigte, die in ganz Ostjerusalem Telefonleitungen reparierte, von Dahiyat a-Salaam und dem Shuafat-Lager bis hin zum Ölberg und in die Altstadt.“

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 "Ölberg"?
"Ölberg" is spelled Ö-L-B-E-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈøːlˌbɛʁk].
What does "Ölberg" mean?
As a proper noun, "Ölberg" means: östlich der Jerusalemer Altstadt gelegene Erhebung
How do you pronounce "Ölberg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ölberg" is [ˈøːlˌbɛʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ölberg" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ölberg", 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