österr.
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The verdict
“österr.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - österreichisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-osterr · österr. · German
österr. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | österr. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „österr.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
österr. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "österreichisch".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for österr., since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is österr., spelled Ö-S-T-E-R-R-..
Definition
- 1österreichisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how österr. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Österreich: Die österr. Militärmusik kennt seit der Einführung des Gleichschrittes (1740) die Militärtrommel als taktangebendes Instr.; auf Pauken wurden nur besonders feierliche Signale geschlagen.“
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.