Rot-Grün
[ʁoːt ˈɡʁyːn]
The verdict
“Rot-Grün” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Politik, umgangssprachlich:' Kurzbezeichnung für eine Koalition einer sozialistischen/sozialdemokratischen und einer grünen Partei, in Deutschland der SPD und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; benannt nach de...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rot-Grün |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁoːt ˈɡʁyːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rot-Grün” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rot-Grün is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁoːt ˈɡʁyːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Politik, umgangssprachlich:' Kurzbezeichnung für eine Koalition einer sozialistischen/sozialdemokratischen und einer grünen Partei, in Deutschland der SPD und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; benannt nach de...".
Rot-Grün doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Rot-Grün, spelled R-O-T---G-R-Ü-N.
Definition
- 1Politik, umgangssprachlich:' Kurzbezeichnung für eine Koalition einer sozialistischen/sozialdemokratischen und einer grünen Partei, in Deutschland der SPD und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; benannt nach den Parteifarben
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.
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Using “Rot-Grün”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-O-T---G-R-Ü-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.