Serengeti

[zeʁənˈɡeːti]

/[zeʁənˈɡeːti]/ name

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Serengeti
PropertyValue
HeadwordSerengeti
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[zeʁənˈɡeːti]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,686
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Serengeti“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sesseln“ (#66,688), „selected“ (#66,683), „seufzend“ (#66,689). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Serengeti“ bei #66,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Savanne im Norden Tansanias bis zum Süden Kenias mit einer Fläche von etwa 30.000 Quadratkilometern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Serengeti ist nicht nur ein herausragendes Naturreservat, welches seit 1981 offiziell zum »Welterbe« der UNESCO gehört.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Serengeti"?
"Serengeti" is spelled S-E-R-E-N-G-E-T-I. The IPA pronunciation is [zeʁənˈɡeːti].
What does "Serengeti" mean?
As a proper noun, "Serengeti" means: Savanne im Norden Tansanias bis zum Süden Kenias mit einer Fläche von etwa 30.000 Quadratkilometern
How do you pronounce "Serengeti"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Serengeti" is [zeʁənˈɡeːti]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Serengeti" come from?
"Serengeti" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list