Tiefland

[ˈtiːfˌlant]

/[ˈtiːfˌlant]/ noun

The verdict

“Tiefland” is uncommon German (frequency #52,490 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,490
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tiefer gelegene Landfläche ohne nennenswerte Erhebungen

Corpus desk

Index DE-tiefland · Tiefland · German

Tiefland · rank #52,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,490
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH threat

Nearest frequency peer: threat (-2 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 „Tiefland“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Tiefland
PropertyValue
HeadwordTiefland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiːfˌlant]
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Tiefland“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tieflandfällt 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: „threat“ (#52,488), „Tillmann“ (#52,492), „Tischlerei“ (#52,493). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tiefland“ bei #52,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tiefland is uncommon German at frequency #52,490 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtiːfˌlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tiefer gelegene Landfläche ohne nennenswerte Erhebungen".

Tiefland has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Tiefland, spelled T-I-E-F-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    tiefer gelegene Landfläche ohne nennenswerte Erhebungen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das am Rande der Alpen beginnende slowenische Tiefland erinnert an Süd- und Südwestdeutschland und auch an (Nord-)Frankreich.“
  2. „Sioux-Sprachen waren ursprünglich über weite Teile des zentralen Tieflands Nordamerikas verbreitet, von Kanada bis zum Mississippi, von den Appalachen bis zu den Rocky Mountains.“

Antonyms

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 "Tiefland"?
"Tiefland" is spelled T-I-E-F-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːfˌlant].
What does "Tiefland" mean?
As a noun, "Tiefland" means: tiefer gelegene Landfläche ohne nennenswerte Erhebungen
How do you pronounce "Tiefland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tiefland" is [ˈtiːfˌlant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tiefland" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tiefland", 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