Ortsangabe

[ˈɔʁt͡sʔanˌɡaːbə]

/[ˈɔʁt͡sʔanˌɡaːbə]/ noun

The verdict

“Ortsangabe” is uncommon German (frequency #86,884 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,884
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aussage darüber, wo sich etwas befindet

Corpus desk

Index DE-ortsangabe · Ortsangabe · German

Ortsangabe · rank #86,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,884
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ortsschild

Nearest frequency peer: Ortsschild (+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 „Ortsangabe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ortsangabe
PropertyValue
HeadwordOrtsangabe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔʁt͡sʔanˌɡaːbə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ortsangabe“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ortsschild“ (#86,885), „Outsider“ (#86,887), „Olfen“ (#86,880). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Ortsangabe“ bei #86,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ortsangabe is uncommon German at frequency #86,884 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔʁt͡sʔanˌɡaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ortsangabe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ortsangabe, spelled O-R-T-S-A-N-G-A-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aussage darüber, wo sich etwas befindet
  2. 2
    Linguistik: syntaktisch nicht notwendiges Satzglied (= Angabe), das eine Aussage über eine lokale Platzierung macht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Helene Neiters Ortsangaben erwiesen sich als präzise, und dennoch war Erika Schwarz schwer zu finden.“
  2. „Mit den genauen Ortsangaben der jeweiligen Quellentexte lässt sich die Route weiter präzisieren.“

Synonyms

Lokalangabe

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 "Ortsangabe"?
"Ortsangabe" is spelled O-R-T-S-A-N-G-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔʁt͡sʔanˌɡaːbə].
What does "Ortsangabe" mean?
As a noun, "Ortsangabe" means: Aussage darüber, wo sich etwas befindet
How do you pronounce "Ortsangabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ortsangabe" is [ˈɔʁt͡sʔanˌɡaːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list