Sambuca
[samˈbuka]
The verdict
“Sambuca” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Regel farbloser, klarer Likör mit 38 bis 42 Volumenprozent Alkohol
Corpus desk
Index DE-sambuca · Sambuca · German
Sambuca · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sambuca |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [samˈbuka] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sambuca“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sambuca is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [samˈbuka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Regel farbloser, klarer Likör mit 38 bis 42 Volumenprozent Alkohol".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sambuca in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Sambuca, spelled S-A-M-B-U-C-A.
Definition
- 1in der Regel farbloser, klarer Likör mit 38 bis 42 Volumenprozent Alkohol
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sambuca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er reicht mir ein Shotglas und beobachtet aufmerksam, wie ich es austrinke (billiger Sambuca); dann streckt er mir die Hand hin, damit ich einschlage, als ich fertig bin.“
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.