Romania

[ʁoˈmaːni̯a]

/[ʁoˈmaːni̯a]/ noun

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The verdict

“Romania” is uncommon German (frequency #64,654 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,654
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Gebiete mit romanischer Sprache

Corpus desk

Index DE-romania · Romania · German

Romania · rank #64,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,654
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Roderich

Nearest frequency peer: Roderich (-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 „Romania“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Romania“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Romania
PropertyValue
HeadwordRomania
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁoˈmaːni̯a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Romania“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Romaniafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Roderich“ (#64,653), „Rosetten“ (#64,655), „riskierte“ (#64,652). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Romania“ bei #64,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Romania is uncommon German at frequency #64,654 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁoˈmaːni̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Romania doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Romania, spelled R-O-M-A-N-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Gebiete mit romanischer Sprache
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit aller Schriftdokumente in romanischer Sprache

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Romania appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „So wie die Romania an Terrain verloren hat, hat sie auch, und zwar in einem Umfang, der die Verluste weit übersteigt, an Gebieten hinzugewonnen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Romania"?
"Romania" is spelled R-O-M-A-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁoˈmaːni̯a].
What does "Romania" mean?
As a noun, "Romania" means: Gesamtheit der Gebiete mit romanischer Sprache
How do you pronounce "Romania"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Romania" is [ʁoˈmaːni̯a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Romania" come from?
"Romania" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Romania", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list