Sutra
[ˈzuːtʁa]
The verdict
“Sutra” is uncommon German (frequency #79,802 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,802
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lehrsatz der alt- und mittelindischen Literatur, der durch seine Versform leicht einprägsam ist, oder eine Sammlung solcher Lehrsätze
Corpus desk
Index DE-sutra · Sutra · German
Sutra · rank #79,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,802
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Susa
Nearest frequency peer: Susa (-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 „Sutra“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- survive
survive
20,201 corpus weight
- Susa
Susa
20,200 corpus weight
- Sutra
Sutra
20,199 corpus weight
- Swami
Swami
20,197 corpus weight
- swaps
swaps
20,196 corpus weight
- Symphonieor…
Symphonieorchester
20,195 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Sutra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sutra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzuːtʁa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sutra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sutra is uncommon German at frequency #79,802 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzuːtʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lehrsatz der alt- und mittelindischen Literatur, der durch seine Versform leicht einprägsam ist, oder eine Sammlung solcher Lehrsätze".
No misspelling variants are generated for Sutra in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sutra, spelled S-U-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Lehrsatz der alt- und mittelindischen Literatur, der durch seine Versform leicht einprägsam ist, oder eine Sammlung solcher Lehrsätze
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sutra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„»Uso mo hoben« – auch Lügen können eine schlaue Taktik sein – lautet ein Sprichwort aus einem buddhistischen Sutra.“
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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