Slowene

[sloˈveːnə]

/[sloˈveːnə]/ noun

The verdict

“Slowene” is uncommon German (frequency #79,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,733
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staatsbürger von Slowenien

Corpus desk

Index DE-slowene · Slowene · German

Slowene · rank #79,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Snowdens

Nearest frequency peer: Snowdens (+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 „Slowene“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Slowene
PropertyValue
HeadwordSlowene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sloˈveːnə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Slowene“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Snowdens“ (#79,735), „Sinzig“ (#79,730), „solidarisches“ (#79,736). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Slowene“ bei #79,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Slowene is uncommon German at frequency #79,733 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sloˈveːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Slowene in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Slowene, spelled S-L-O-W-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staatsbürger von Slowenien
  2. 2
    Angehöriger des Volks der Slowenen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Viele Slowenen arbeiten im Ausland.
  2. „55 Slowenen waren als Partisanen der Osvobodilna Fronta bei Kämpfen im Gebiet von Ljubljana gefangen genommen worden.“

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 "Slowene"?
"Slowene" is spelled S-L-O-W-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [sloˈveːnə].
What does "Slowene" mean?
As a noun, "Slowene" means: Staatsbürger von Slowenien
How do you pronounce "Slowene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Slowene" is [sloˈveːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Slowene" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list