Talib
[ˈtaːlip]
The verdict
“Talib” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Angehöriger einer vornehmlich in Afghanistan und Pakistan operierenden, radikal islamischen Bewegung, die milizähnlich aufgebaut ist und mittels Anschlägen und bewaffneten Angriffen gegen die Regie...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Talib |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaːlip] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Talib” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Talib is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaːlip]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger einer vornehmlich in Afghanistan und Pakistan operierenden, radikal islamischen Bewegung, die milizähnlich aufgebaut ist und mittels Anschlägen und bewaffneten Angriffen gegen die Regie...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Talib in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
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 Talib, spelled T-A-L-I-B.
Definition
- 1Angehöriger einer vornehmlich in Afghanistan und Pakistan operierenden, radikal islamischen Bewegung, die milizähnlich aufgebaut ist und mittels Anschlägen und bewaffneten Angriffen gegen die Regierung und die internationalen Truppen vorgeht
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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.
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Using “Talib”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-A-L-I-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtaːlip] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.