Taiga
[ˈtaɪ̯ɡa]
The verdict
“Taiga” is uncommon German (frequency #75,108 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,108
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für den Nadelwald in Nordamerika, Nordeuropa und Sibirien
Corpus desk
Index DE-taiga · Taiga · German
Taiga · rank #75,108 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,108
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH systemischer
Nearest frequency peer: systemischer (-3 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 „Taiga“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Symbolpolit…
Symbolpolitik
24,897 corpus weight
- systemischer
systemischer
24,896 corpus weight
- Taiga
Taiga
24,893 corpus weight
- tarte
tarte
24,890 corpus weight
- Tatorten
Tatorten
24,889 corpus weight
- Tauchern
Tauchern
24,888 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Taiga“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Taiga |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaɪ̯ɡa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,108 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Taiga“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Taiga is uncommon German at frequency #75,108 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaɪ̯ɡa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung für den Nadelwald in Nordamerika, Nordeuropa und Sibirien".
Taiga doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Taiga, spelled T-A-I-G-A.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung für den Nadelwald in Nordamerika, Nordeuropa und Sibirien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Taiga appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Taiga erstreckt sich im Norden Asiens bis zur Tundra und im Osten bis zum Pazifik.
„Weit erstreckt sich die Taiga unter dem Wolkenverhangenen Himmel.“
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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