Sabäer

[zaˈbɛːɐ]

/[zaˈbɛːɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Sabäer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger des gleichnamigen semitischen Volkes, das im heutigen Jemen siedelte

Corpus desk

Index DE-sabaer · Sabäer · German

Sabäer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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.

Key facts for Sabäer
PropertyValue
HeadwordSabäer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zaˈbɛːɐ]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Sabäer” sits in German frequency

Sabäerranks outside the top 100,000 German headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sabäer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zaˈbɛːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger des gleichnamigen semitischen Volkes, das im heutigen Jemen siedelte".

Zero misspellings are on record for Sabäer in our 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sabäer, spelled S-A-B-Ä-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger des gleichnamigen semitischen Volkes, das im heutigen Jemen siedelte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Andere erreichten auf der Arabischen Halbinsel das Weihrauchland der Sabäer im heutigen Jemen.“

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Sabäer"?
"Sabäer" is spelled S-A-B-Ä-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zaˈbɛːɐ].
What does "Sabäer" mean?
As a noun, "Sabäer" means: Angehöriger des gleichnamigen semitischen Volkes, das im heutigen Jemen siedelte
How do you pronounce "Sabäer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sabäer" is [zaˈbɛːɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sabäer" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list