Syringa vulgaris
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The verdict
“Syringa vulgaris” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der wissenschaftliche Name für den gemeinen Flieder
Corpus desk
Index DE-syringa-vulgaris · Syringa vulgaris · German
Syringa vulgaris · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Syringa vulgaris |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Syringa vulgaris“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Syringa vulgaris is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der wissenschaftliche Name für den gemeinen Flieder".
Syringa vulgaris has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Syringa vulgaris, spelled S-Y-R-I-N-G-A- -V-U-L-G-A-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1der wissenschaftliche Name für den gemeinen Flieder
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Syringa vulgaris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Syringa vulgaris wurde erst im 16. Jahrhundert durch den kaiserlichen Gesandten am Osmanischen Hof, Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq, von Istanbul nach Westeuropa gebracht.
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.