Ringstraße
[ˈʁɪŋˌʃtʁaːsə]
The verdict
“Ringstraße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ringförmig um eine Stadt oder einen Stadtkern verlaufende Straße
Corpus desk
Index DE-ringstra-e · Ringstraße · German
Ringstraße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Ringstraße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɪŋˌʃtʁaːsə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ringstraße” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ringstraße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɪŋˌʃtʁaːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ringförmig um eine Stadt oder einen Stadtkern verlaufende Straße".
Ringstraße has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Ringstraße, spelled R-I-N-G-S-T-R-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1ringförmig um eine Stadt oder einen Stadtkern verlaufende Straße
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ringstraße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Erfurter Stadtring ist eine Ringstraße, die die Innenstadt der thüringischen Landeshauptstadt Erfurt vollständig umfasst.“
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