Thrakien

[ˈtʁaːki̯ən]

/[ˈtʁaːki̯ən]/ name

The verdict

“Thrakien” is uncommon German (frequency #81,013 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,013
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region auf dem Balkan

Corpus desk

Index DE-thrakien · Thrakien · German

Thrakien · rank #81,013 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,013
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ticketverkauf

Nearest frequency peer: Ticketverkauf (+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 „Thrakien“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Thrakien“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Thrakien
PropertyValue
HeadwordThrakien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtʁaːki̯ən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,013
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Thrakien“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Thrakienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ticketverkauf“ (#81,014), „Thermoskanne“ (#81,011), „tiefschwarz“ (#81,016). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Thrakien“ bei #81,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Thrakien is uncommon German at frequency #81,013 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtʁaːki̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Region auf dem Balkan".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Thrakien, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Thrakien, spelled T-H-R-A-K-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Region auf dem Balkan

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Thrakien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sein Plan war, zunächst von Bulgarien und dem griechischen Thrakien aus den europäischen Teil der Türkei zu erobern, Istanbul zu nehmen und den Bosporus zu überqueren, um weiter nach Anatolien vorzustoßen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thrakien"?
"Thrakien" is spelled T-H-R-A-K-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtʁaːki̯ən].
What does "Thrakien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thrakien" means: Region auf dem Balkan
How do you pronounce "Thrakien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thrakien" is [ˈtʁaːki̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thrakien" come from?
"Thrakien" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Thrakien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list