Rupie
[ˈʁuːpi̯ə]
The verdict
“Rupie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine in Indien, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka sowie auf Mauritius und den Seychellen verwendete Währungseinheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-rupie · Rupie · German
Rupie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | Rupie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁuːpi̯ə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rupie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rupie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁuːpi̯ə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine in Indien, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka sowie auf Mauritius und den Seychellen verwendete Währungseinheit".
No misspelling variants are generated for Rupie 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rupie, spelled R-U-P-I-E.
Definition
- 1eine in Indien, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka sowie auf Mauritius und den Seychellen verwendete Währungseinheit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rupie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Anleihe in Gold in England wollen sie nicht aufnehmen, weil sie ja hier ihre Einnahmen alle in Silber beziehen, und da man nie weiß, wie tief die Rupie noch sinken mag, mit der Zinszahlung in unberechenbare Verpflichtungen geraten könnten.“
„Er bekam eine Rupie, und ich konnte fortan als zweitklassiger Sahib nach Delhi fahren.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.