Ostfale
[ɔstˈfaːlə]
The verdict
“Ostfale” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Angehöriger einer der drei großen altsächsischen Stämme
Corpus desk
Index DE-ostfale · Ostfale · German
Ostfale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | Ostfale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔstˈfaːlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ostfale“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ostfale is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔstˈfaːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger einer der drei großen altsächsischen Stämme".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ostfale in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ostfale, spelled O-S-T-F-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger einer der drei großen altsächsischen Stämme
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ostfale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Karl der Große erzielte rasch Erfolge und zwang im Sommer 775 zuerst die Ostfalen unter ihrem Anführer Hessi, dann die Engern unter Brun und zuletzt auch die Westfalen zur Anerkennung seiner Herrschaft.“
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.