Silvaner

[zɪlˈvaːnɐ]

/[zɪlˈvaːnɐ]/ noun

The verdict

“Silvaner” is uncommon German (frequency #97,703 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,703
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine weiße Rebsorte südosteuropäischen Ursprungs (Donauraum)

Corpus desk

Index DE-silvaner · Silvaner · German

Silvaner · rank #97,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,703
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sitzreihe

Nearest frequency peer: Sitzreihe (+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 „Silvaner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Silvaner
PropertyValue
HeadwordSilvaner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zɪlˈvaːnɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,703
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Silvaner“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sitzreihe“ (#97,704), „sickerte“ (#97,701), „sixties“ (#97,706). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Silvaner“ bei #97,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Silvaner is uncommon German at frequency #97,703 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɪlˈvaːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Silvaner, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Silvaner, spelled S-I-L-V-A-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine weiße Rebsorte südosteuropäischen Ursprungs (Donauraum)
  2. 2
    ein Wein, der aus Reben der Sorte Silvaner hergestellt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „[Der Silvaner] stammt wahrscheinlich von der kaukasischen Wildrebe (Vitis Vinifera ssp Caucasica V) ab. […] Der Name kommt von Transsilvanien beziehungsweise vom Silvanus, dem römischen Gott des Waldes.“
  2. „Der Charakter des Silvaners wird sehr vom Standort und der Bodenbeschaffenheit geprägt. Auf Lehmböden werden die Weine oft neutral, dagegen entstehen auf Verwitterungsböden, wie z. B. in Franken oder um den Kaiserstuhl, feine, elegante Weine.“

Synonyms

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 "Silvaner"?
"Silvaner" is spelled S-I-L-V-A-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zɪlˈvaːnɐ].
What does "Silvaner" mean?
As a noun, "Silvaner" means: eine weiße Rebsorte südosteuropäischen Ursprungs (Donauraum)
How do you pronounce "Silvaner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Silvaner" is [zɪlˈvaːnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Silvaner" come from?
"Silvaner" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list