Südwestafrika
[zyːtˈvɛstˌʔaːfʁika]
The verdict
“Südwestafrika” is uncommon German (frequency #63,826 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,826
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frühere Bezeichnung des Gebiets des heutigen Namibia, zur Zeit der Verwaltung durch die Südafrikanische Union
Corpus desk
Index DE-sudwestafrika · Südwestafrika · German
Südwestafrika · rank #63,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,826
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH sächsisches
Nearest frequency peer: sächsisches (-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 „Südwestafrika“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- SWAT
SWAT
36,179 corpus weight
- sympathisie…
sympathisieren
36,178 corpus weight
- Synergie
Synergie
36,177 corpus weight
- sächsisches
sächsisches
36,176 corpus weight
- Südwestafri…
Südwestafrika
36,175 corpus weight
- sündige
sündige
36,174 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Südwestafrika“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Südwestafrika |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zyːtˈvɛstˌʔaːfʁika] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #63,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Südwestafrika“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Südwestafrika is uncommon German at frequency #63,826 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zyːtˈvɛstˌʔaːfʁika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Südwestafrika doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 Südwestafrika, spelled S-Ü-D-W-E-S-T-A-F-R-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1frühere Bezeichnung des Gebiets des heutigen Namibia, zur Zeit der Verwaltung durch die Südafrikanische Union
- 2kurz für die Bezeichnung des Gebiets des heutigen Namibia, als es die Kolonie Deutsch-Südwestafrika war
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Südwestafrika appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Bremer Tabakhändler Adolf Lüderitz hatte in Südwestafrika Land erworben.“
„Unter Historikern ist der Generalleutnant, der 1904 in der deutschen Kolonie Südwestafrika den Aufstand der Herero niederschlug, nicht umstritten, sondern er gilt vielen als brutaler Massenmörder.“
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).