Souk
[zuːk]
The verdict
“Souk” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arabisches Wirtschaftsviertel
Corpus desk
Index DE-souk · Souk · German
Souk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Souk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zuːk] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Souk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Souk is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zuːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "arabisches Wirtschaftsviertel".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Souk, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Souk, spelled S-O-U-K.
Definition
- 1arabisches Wirtschaftsviertel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Souk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich wich arabischen Matronen aus und den Karrenschiebern, den Arbeitsbienen der Souks.“
„Amerika hatte im Irak ein Wespennest angestochen, und diese Wespen, die bereits durch sämtliche Souks und Moscheen der arabischen Welt schwirrten, fingen nun auch an, die Einkaufszentren und öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel westlicher Großstädte heimzusuchen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.