Samarien
[zaˈmaːʁiən]
The verdict
“Samarien” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Historische Landschaft (Bergregion zwischen Galiläa und Judäa) im Westjordanland
Corpus desk
Index DE-samarien · Samarien · German
Samarien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Samarien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zaˈmaːʁiən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Samarien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Samarien is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zaˈmaːʁiən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Historische Landschaft (Bergregion zwischen Galiläa und Judäa) im Westjordanland".
Samarien has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Samarien, spelled S-A-M-A-R-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Historische Landschaft (Bergregion zwischen Galiläa und Judäa) im Westjordanland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Samarien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kurz nach der Mitte des 5. Jh. kam Nehemia mit königlichen Vollmachten ausgerüstet als Satrap einer von Samarien unabhängigen Provinz Judäa nach Jerusalem, vollendete den Mauerbau und setzte den Anspruch der Selbständigkeit gegen den Widerstand der persischen Verwalter in Samarien und im Ostjordanland durch.“
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.