Surinam

[ˈzuːʁinam]

/[ˈzuːʁinam]/ name

The verdict

“Surinam” is uncommon German (frequency #97,782 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,782
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Land in Südamerika

Corpus desk

Index DE-surinam · Surinam · German

Surinam · rank #97,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,782
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH surveys

Nearest frequency peer: surveys (+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 „Surinam“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Surinam
PropertyValue
HeadwordSurinam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈzuːʁinam]
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,782
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Surinam“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „surveys“ (#97,783), „sudetendeutsche“ (#97,780), „svoboda“ (#97,784). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Surinam“ bei #97,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Surinam is uncommon German at frequency #97,782 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈzuːʁinam]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Land in Südamerika".

Surinam has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Surinam, spelled S-U-R-I-N-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land in Südamerika

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 "Surinam"?
"Surinam" is spelled S-U-R-I-N-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzuːʁinam].
What does "Surinam" mean?
As a proper noun, "Surinam" means: Land in Südamerika
How do you pronounce "Surinam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Surinam" is [ˈzuːʁinam]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Surinam" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list