Thule
[ˈtuːlə]
The verdict
“Thule” is uncommon German (frequency #50,925 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,925
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erstmals im antiken Griechenland beschriebene, sagenhafte Insel im hohen Norden
Corpus desk
Index DE-thule · Thule · German
Thule · rank #50,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,925
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Tettnang
Nearest frequency peer: Tettnang (-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 „Thule“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- testete
testete
49,079 corpus weight
- Tetanus
Tetanus
49,078 corpus weight
- Tettnang
Tettnang
49,077 corpus weight
- Thule
Thule
49,076 corpus weight
- thüringische
thüringische
49,075 corpus weight
- Tierreich
Tierreich
49,074 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Thule“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thule |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈtuːlə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Thule“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Thule is uncommon German at frequency #50,925 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtuːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erstmals im antiken Griechenland beschriebene, sagenhafte Insel im hohen Norden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Thule in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Thule, spelled T-H-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1erstmals im antiken Griechenland beschriebene, sagenhafte Insel im hohen Norden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Thule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Geologe fand ihn in Grönland unter Gletschereis, in der Miozän-Schicht. Wer weiß? Er mag einem Zauberer im Thule der Vorzeit gehört haben.“
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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