Sanaa
[ˈzaːnaʔaː]
The verdict
“Sanaa” is an uncommon German word, ranked #55,674 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #55,674
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hauptstadt von Jemen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sanaa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈzaːnaʔaː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sanaa” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Sanaa is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzaːnaʔaː]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,674 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hauptstadt von Jemen".
Sanaa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Sanaa, spelled S-A-N-A-A.
Definition
- 1Hauptstadt von Jemen
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Sanaa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-A-N-A-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈzaːnaʔaː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.