Seppuku
[zɛˈpʊku]
The verdict
“Seppuku” 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) - Seppuku bezeichnet eine extrem ritualisierte Art der männlichen Selbsttötung, die etwa ab der Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts in Japan vor allem innerhalb der Kaste der Samurai verbreitet war.
Corpus desk
Index DE-seppuku · Seppuku · German
Seppuku · 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 | Seppuku |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɛˈpʊku] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Seppuku“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Seppuku is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɛˈpʊku]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seppuku bezeichnet eine extrem ritualisierte Art der männlichen Selbsttötung, die etwa ab der Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts in Japan vor allem innerhalb der Kaste der Samurai verbreitet war.".
Seppuku has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Seppuku, spelled S-E-P-P-U-K-U.
Definition
- 1Seppuku bezeichnet eine extrem ritualisierte Art der männlichen Selbsttötung, die etwa ab der Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts in Japan vor allem innerhalb der Kaste der Samurai verbreitet war.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Seppuku appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Herr befahl ihm, Seppuku zu begehen.
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.