Polder
[ˈpɔldɐ]
The verdict
“Polder” is uncommon German (frequency #97,525 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,525
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Meer abgerungenes, eingedeichtes Land
Corpus desk
Index DE-polder · Polder · German
Polder · rank #97,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,525
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH poets
Nearest frequency peer: poets (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Polder“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- plopp
plopp
2,480 corpus weight
- pneumatisch
pneumatisch
2,478 corpus weight
- poets
poets
2,477 corpus weight
- Polder
Polder
2,476 corpus weight
- polemisiert
polemisiert
2,475 corpus weight
- Polizeiakad…
Polizeiakademie
2,473 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Polder“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔldɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polder is uncommon German at frequency #97,525 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔldɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Polder, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Polder, spelled P-O-L-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1dem Meer abgerungenes, eingedeichtes Land
- 2neben einem Fluss gelegenes Gelände, das geflutet werden kann, wenn der Fluss Hochwasser hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Polder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Wasser strömt in die Polder.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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