Ölberg
[ˈøːlˌbɛʁk]
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
- Ödeme
Ödeme
8,792 corpus weight
- Ökosystemen
Ökosystemen
8,791 corpus weight
- ökumenisches
ökumenisches
8,790 corpus weight
- Ölberg
Ölberg
8,789 corpus weight
- übergebenen
übergebenen
8,787 corpus weight
- übernatürli…
übernatürliches
8,786 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ölberg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ölberg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːlˌbɛʁk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,212 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ölberg“ im Deutschen
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
- 1östlich der Jerusalemer Altstadt gelegene Erhebung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ölberg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.“
„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.
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