Osthang
[ˈɔstˌhaŋ]
The verdict
“Osthang” 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) - nach Osten exponierter Berghang
Corpus desk
Index DE-osthang · Osthang · German
Osthang · 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 "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 | Osthang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔstˌhaŋ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Osthang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Osthang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔstˌhaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach Osten exponierter Berghang".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Osthang, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Osthang, spelled O-S-T-H-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1nach Osten exponierter Berghang
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Osthang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Dorf liegt am Osthang des Berges.
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.