Österreich-Ungarn
[ˈøːstəʁaɪ̯ç ˈʊŋɡaʁn]
The verdict
“Österreich-Ungarn” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gemeinsamer Ländername zweier Staaten in Europa (Österreichische Länder und Königreich Ungarn), Kaiserreich 1867-1918
Corpus desk
Index DE-osterreich-ungarn · Österreich-Ungarn · German
Österreich-Ungarn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Österreich-Ungarn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈøːstəʁaɪ̯ç ˈʊŋɡaʁn] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Österreich-Ungarn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Österreich-Ungarn is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈøːstəʁaɪ̯ç ˈʊŋɡaʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gemeinsamer Ländername zweier Staaten in Europa (Österreichische Länder und Königreich Ungarn), Kaiserreich 1867-1918".
No misspelling variants are generated for Österreich-Ungarn in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Österreich-Ungarn, spelled Ö-S-T-E-R-R-E-I-C-H---U-N-G-A-R-N.
Definition
- 1gemeinsamer Ländername zweier Staaten in Europa (Österreichische Länder und Königreich Ungarn), Kaiserreich 1867-1918
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Österreich-Ungarn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wurde in Österreich-Ungarn geboren.
Österreich-Ungarns Hauptstadt war Wien.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.