Polynesien
[poliˈneːzi̯ən]
The verdict
“Polynesien” is uncommon German (frequency #72,820 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,820
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im Pazifik, die sich in einem annähernden Dreieck von Neuseeland im äußersten Südwesten Richtung Nordosten bis nach Hawaii und der Osterinsel im Osten erstrecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-polynesien · Polynesien · German
Polynesien · rank #72,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,820
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Polstern
Nearest frequency peer: Polstern (-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 „Polynesien“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Polizeiautos
Polizeiautos
27,185 corpus weight
- Polos
Polos
27,183 corpus weight
- Polstern
Polstern
27,182 corpus weight
- Polynesien
Polynesien
27,181 corpus weight
- Portsmouth
Portsmouth
27,180 corpus weight
- potato
potato
27,177 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Polynesien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polynesien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [poliˈneːzi̯ən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polynesien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polynesien is uncommon German at frequency #72,820 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [poliˈneːzi̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im Pazifik, die sich in einem annähernden Dreieck von Neuseeland im äußersten Südwesten Richtung Nordosten bis nach Hawaii und der Osterinsel im Osten erstrecken".
Zero misspellings are on record for Polynesien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Polynesien, spelled P-O-L-Y-N-E-S-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im Pazifik, die sich in einem annähernden Dreieck von Neuseeland im äußersten Südwesten Richtung Nordosten bis nach Hawaii und der Osterinsel im Osten erstrecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Polynesien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Palmerston-Atoll liegt in Polynesien.
„Tokelau, Teil der Inselwelt Polynesiens, gilt als eines der abgelegensten Länder der Welt.“
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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