São Tomé und Príncipe

/[ˈsaːu toˈmeː ʊnt ˈpʁɪnsipə]/ phrase

The verdict

“São Tomé und Príncipe” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
21
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Staat im Golf von Guinea vor der Küste Westafrikas

Key facts for São Tomé und Príncipe
PropertyValue
HeadwordSão Tomé und Príncipe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈsaːu toˈmeː ʊnt ˈpʁɪnsipə]
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “São Tomé und Príncipe” sits in German frequency

São Tomé und Príncipe falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for São Tomé und Príncipe is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈsaːu toˈmeː ʊnt ˈpʁɪnsipə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Staat im Golf von Guinea vor der Küste Westafrikas".

No misspelling variants are generated for São Tomé und Príncipe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is São Tomé und Príncipe, spelled S-Ã-O- -T-O-M-É- -U-N-D- -P-R-Í-N-C-I-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staat im Golf von Guinea vor der Küste Westafrikas

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "São Tomé und Príncipe"?
"São Tomé und Príncipe" is spelled S-Ã-O- -T-O-M-É- -U-N-D- -P-R-Í-N-C-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsaːu toˈmeː ʊnt ˈpʁɪnsipə].
What does "São Tomé und Príncipe" mean?
As a phrase, "São Tomé und Príncipe" means: Staat im Golf von Guinea vor der Küste Westafrikas
How do you pronounce "São Tomé und Príncipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "São Tomé und Príncipe" is [ˈsaːu toˈmeː ʊnt ˈpʁɪnsipə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "São Tomé und Príncipe" come from?
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Using “São Tomé und Príncipe”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-Ã-O- -T-O-M-É- -U-N-D- -P-R-Í-N-C-I-P-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈsaːu toˈmeː ʊnt ˈpʁɪnsipə] (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.