Suriname
[syʁiˈnaːmə]
The verdict
“Suriname” 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) - Staat in Südamerika
Corpus desk
Index DE-suriname · Suriname · German
Suriname · 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 | Suriname |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [syʁiˈnaːmə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Suriname“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Suriname is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [syʁiˈnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat in Südamerika".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Suriname, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Suriname, spelled S-U-R-I-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Staat in Südamerika
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Suriname appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zur Zeit der Kolonialisierung war Suriname die wohl profitabelste Plantagenkolonie der Niederlande, vor allem Zucker wurde exportiert.“
Paramaribo ist die Hauptstadt von Suriname.
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.