Portage
[pɔʁˈtaːʒə]
The verdict
“Portage” 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) - Stelle an einem Gewässer (meist ein Fluss), an der das Wasserfahrzeug über Land transportiert werden muss
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Index DE-portage · Portage · German
Portage · 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 "P" 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 | Portage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɔʁˈtaːʒə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Portage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Portage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɔʁˈtaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Portage in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Portage, spelled P-O-R-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Stelle an einem Gewässer (meist ein Fluss), an der das Wasserfahrzeug über Land transportiert werden muss
- 2Ladung eines Schiffes
- 3Gepäck der zu einem Schiff gehörenden Seeleute, mit dem sie auch eigenständig handeln dürfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Portage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei Morgendämmerung brachen wir auf; da auf der Portage ein Feuer gewütet hatte und die ganze Gegend verwüstet war, kamen wir nur sehr langsam und mühsam vorwärts und erreichten erst um vier Uhr nachmittags wieder den Fluß.“
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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.