Serengeti
[zeʁənˈɡeːti]
The verdict
“Serengeti” is uncommon German (frequency #66,686 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,686
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Savanne im Norden Tansanias bis zum Süden Kenias mit einer Fläche von etwa 30.000 Quadratkilometern
Corpus desk
Index DE-serengeti · Serengeti · German
Serengeti · rank #66,686 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,686
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Sesseln
Nearest frequency peer: Sesseln (+2 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 „Serengeti“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Selbstbetei…
Selbstbeteiligung
33,320 corpus weight
- Selbstbildn…
Selbstbildnis
33,319 corpus weight
- selected
selected
33,318 corpus weight
- Serengeti
Serengeti
33,315 corpus weight
- Sesseln
Sesseln
33,313 corpus weight
- seufzend
seufzend
33,312 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Serengeti“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Serengeti |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zeʁənˈɡeːti] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Serengeti“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Serengeti is uncommon German at frequency #66,686 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zeʁənˈɡeːti]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Savanne im Norden Tansanias bis zum Süden Kenias mit einer Fläche von etwa 30.000 Quadratkilometern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Serengeti, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Serengeti, spelled S-E-R-E-N-G-E-T-I.
Definition
- 1Savanne im Norden Tansanias bis zum Süden Kenias mit einer Fläche von etwa 30.000 Quadratkilometern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Serengeti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Serengeti ist nicht nur ein herausragendes Naturreservat, welches seit 1981 offiziell zum »Welterbe« der UNESCO gehört.
In der Serengeti gibt es nämlich Tausende von Löwen, Leoparden, Geparden, Tüpfel- und Streifenhyänen sowie Schabracken-, Gold- und Streifenschakale.
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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