Somali

[zoˈmaːli]

/[zoˈmaːli]/ noun

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The verdict

“Somali” is uncommon German (frequency #61,038 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,038
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine ostkuschitische Sprache, die Amtssprache in Somalia ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-somali · Somali · German

Somali · rank #61,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,038
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sommerresidenz

Nearest frequency peer: Sommerresidenz (+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 „Somali“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Somali
PropertyValue
HeadwordSomali
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zoˈmaːli]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Somali“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Somalifällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sommerresidenz“ (#61,039), „Sojamilch“ (#61,036), „Sondierungen“ (#61,040). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Somali“ bei #61,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Somali is uncommon German at frequency #61,038 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zoˈmaːli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine ostkuschitische Sprache, die Amtssprache in Somalia ist".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Somali in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Somali, spelled S-O-M-A-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine ostkuschitische Sprache, die Amtssprache in Somalia ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Außerhalb Somalias wird das Somali in den angrenzenden Gebieten Dschibutis, Kenias und Äthiopiens gesprochen.“

Synonyms

Somalisch

This word in other languages

Somali(English)somali(Français)

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 "Somali"?
"Somali" is spelled S-O-M-A-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is [zoˈmaːli].
What does "Somali" mean?
As a noun, "Somali" means: eine ostkuschitische Sprache, die Amtssprache in Somalia ist
How do you pronounce "Somali"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Somali" is [zoˈmaːli]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Somali" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

superb#61,076scannt#60,979tippte#61,101tonner#61,104

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list