Sovětský svaz
[ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas]
The verdict
“Sovětský svaz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein sozialistischer Staat, der sich während seiner Existenz von 1922 bis 1991 von Europa bis Asien erstreckte; Sowjetunion
Corpus desk
Index DE-sovetsky-svaz · Sovětský svaz · German
Sovětský svaz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | Sovětský svaz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sovětský svaz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sovětský svaz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈsɔvjɛt͡skiː ˈsvas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein sozialistischer Staat, der sich während seiner Existenz von 1922 bis 1991 von Europa bis Asien erstreckte; Sowjetunion".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Sovětský svaz, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Sovětský svaz, spelled S-O-V-Ě-T-S-K-Ý- -S-V-A-Z.
Definition
- 1ein sozialistischer Staat, der sich während seiner Existenz von 1922 bis 1991 von Europa bis Asien erstreckte; Sowjetunion
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sovětský svaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Za minulého režimu se na prvomájových pochodech provolávala hesla jako např. „Sovětský svaz náš vzor“ nebo „Se Sovětským svazem na věčné časy a nikdy jinak!“
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.