Ourthe
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The verdict
“Ourthe” 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
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fluss im Osten der belgischen Ardennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ourthe · Ourthe · German
Ourthe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Ourthe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ourthe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ourthe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fluss im Osten der belgischen Ardennen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ourthe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ourthe, spelled O-U-R-T-H-E.
Definition
- 1Fluss im Osten der belgischen Ardennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ourthe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Drei Tage, bevor er den Präsidenten seines Heimatlandes erschießen musste, wurde Daniel gegen Tagesanbruch von Vogelgezwitscher geweckt, dort in dem kleinen Holzhäuschen des Campingplatzes Le Grillon in den belgischen Ardennen, am Ufer des schmalen Flusses Ourthe.“
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.