Savanne

[zaˈvanə]

/[zaˈvanə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Savanne” is uncommon German (frequency #60,028 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,028
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tropisches Grasland mit vereinzeltem Gehölz und Gebüsch

Corpus desk

Index DE-savanne · Savanne · German

Savanne · rank #60,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,028
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sause

Nearest frequency peer: sause (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Savanne“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Savanne“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Savanne
PropertyValue
HeadwordSavanne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zaˈvanə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Savanne“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Savannefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sause“ (#60,027), „scam“ (#60,029), „Sauerstoffgehalt“ (#60,026). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Savanne“ bei #60,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Savanne is uncommon German at frequency #60,028 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zaˈvanə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tropisches Grasland mit vereinzeltem Gehölz und Gebüsch".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Savanne, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Savanne, spelled S-A-V-A-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    tropisches Grasland mit vereinzeltem Gehölz und Gebüsch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Tierwelt der afrikanischen Savannen ist beeindruckend.
  2. „Kurz nach Mittag lockerte sich der Wald auf, und wir traten hinaus in eine halboffene Savanne, wo das Sonnenlicht in den Augen schmerzte.“

Synonyms

Steppe

Antonyms

PampaWaldWüste

This word in other languages

savanna(English)sabana(Español)savane(Français)savana(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Savanne"?
"Savanne" is spelled S-A-V-A-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zaˈvanə].
What does "Savanne" mean?
As a noun, "Savanne" means: tropisches Grasland mit vereinzeltem Gehölz und Gebüsch
How do you pronounce "Savanne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Savanne" is [zaˈvanə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Savanne" come from?
"Savanne" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Savanne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list