’s-Gravenhage
[sxʁaːvənˈhaːxə]
The verdict
“’s-Gravenhage” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in der Provinz Südholland in den Niederlanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-s-gravenhage · ’s-Gravenhage · German
’s-Gravenhage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "’" 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 | ’s-Gravenhage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [sxʁaːvənˈhaːxə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „’s-Gravenhage“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
’s-Gravenhage is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [sxʁaːvənˈhaːxə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in der Provinz Südholland in den Niederlanden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ’s-Gravenhage, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ’s-Gravenhage, spelled ’-S---G-R-A-V-E-N-H-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Stadt in der Provinz Südholland in den Niederlanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ’s-Gravenhage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dort, wo sich die 501 000-Einwohner-Stadt Den Haag erstreckt, lag einst der Jagdsitz der Grafen von Holland, daher der amtliche Name ’s-Gravenhage (Gehege der Grafen).“
Synonyms
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.