Serenade
[zeʁeˈnaːdə]
The verdict
“Serenade” is uncommon German (frequency #54,073 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,073
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein abendliches Ständchen, als Gesang mit musikalischer Begleitung oder rein instrumental
Corpus desk
Index DE-serenade · Serenade · German
Serenade · rank #54,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,073
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sepsis
Nearest frequency peer: sepsis (-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 „Serenade“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Seitenwand
Seitenwand
45,931 corpus weight
- Sekundärlit…
Sekundärliteratur
45,930 corpus weight
- sepsis
sepsis
45,929 corpus weight
- Serenade
Serenade
45,928 corpus weight
- sheet
sheet
45,927 corpus weight
- shelter
shelter
45,926 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Serenade“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serenade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zeʁeˈnaːdə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Serenade“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Serenade is uncommon German at frequency #54,073 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zeʁeˈnaːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein abendliches Ständchen, als Gesang mit musikalischer Begleitung oder rein instrumental".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Serenade in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is Serenade, spelled S-E-R-E-N-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1ein abendliches Ständchen, als Gesang mit musikalischer Begleitung oder rein instrumental
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Serenade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Romeos Serenade ist bei Julia gut angekommen.
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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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