Sulawesi
[zulaˈveːzi]
The verdict
“Sulawesi” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - drittgrößte der Großen Sundainseln
Corpus desk
Index DE-sulawesi · Sulawesi · German
Sulawesi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Sulawesi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [zulaˈveːzi] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sulawesi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sulawesi is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zulaˈveːzi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "drittgrößte der Großen Sundainseln".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sulawesi, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Sulawesi, spelled S-U-L-A-W-E-S-I.
Definition
- 1drittgrößte der Großen Sundainseln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sulawesi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf Sulawesi lebten im Jahre 2005 zirka 16 Millionen Einwohner.
In Sulawesi wird, wie auch im Rest Indonesiens Bahasa Indonesia gesprochen.
Synonyms
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.