Sowjetarmee

[zɔˈvjɛtʔaʁˌmeː]

/[zɔˈvjɛtʔaʁˌmeː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Sowjetarmee” is uncommon German (frequency #96,271 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,271
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Armee der Sowjetunion

Corpus desk

Index DE-sowjetarmee · Sowjetarmee · German

Sowjetarmee · rank #96,271 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,271
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sommerlicher

Nearest frequency peer: sommerlicher (-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 „Sowjetarmee“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sowjetarmee
PropertyValue
HeadwordSowjetarmee
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zɔˈvjɛtʔaʁˌmeː]
Letters11
Frequency rank#96,271
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Sowjetarmee“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sommerlicher“ (#96,270), „Sozia“ (#96,272), „Snuff“ (#96,267). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Sowjetarmee“ bei #96,271. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sowjetarmee is uncommon German at frequency #96,271 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɔˈvjɛtʔaʁˌmeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Armee der Sowjetunion".

Sowjetarmee has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Sowjetarmee, spelled S-O-W-J-E-T-A-R-M-E-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Armee der Sowjetunion

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Seit Stalingrad hatte sich das Blatt gewendet, und die Sowjetarmee kam immer näher in den Westen.“
  2. „Nach dem Sieg über die Sowjetarmee in Afghanistan suchten sich die eigens dafür ausgebildeten Dschihadis und ihre Mentoren neue Betätigungsfelder: zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre vornehmlich in Kaschmir.“

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 "Sowjetarmee"?
"Sowjetarmee" is spelled S-O-W-J-E-T-A-R-M-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zɔˈvjɛtʔaʁˌmeː].
What does "Sowjetarmee" mean?
As a noun, "Sowjetarmee" means: Armee der Sowjetunion
How do you pronounce "Sowjetarmee"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sowjetarmee" is [zɔˈvjɛtʔaʁˌmeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sowjetarmee" come from?
"Sowjetarmee" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Siegerinnen#96,259Siebenkampf#96,258Spielfeldes#96,284Sendemasten#96,248

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list