to the east of

[tə ði iːst əv]

/[tə ði iːst əv]/ phrase

The verdict

“to the east of” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - adverbialer Ausdruck, der das Verhältnis zweier Örtlichkeiten bezogen auf die Himmelsrichtung angibt

Key facts for to the east of
PropertyValue
Headwordto the east of
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[tə ði iːst əv]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “to the east of” sits in German frequency

to the east of falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for to the east of is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tə ði iːst əv]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "adverbialer Ausdruck, der das Verhältnis zweier Örtlichkeiten bezogen auf die Himmelsrichtung angibt".

No misspelling variants are generated for to the east of in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is to the east of, spelled T-O- -T-H-E- -E-A-S-T- -O-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    adverbialer Ausdruck, der das Verhältnis zweier Örtlichkeiten bezogen auf die Himmelsrichtung angibt

Synonyms

east of

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "to the east of"?
"to the east of" is spelled T-O- -T-H-E- -E-A-S-T- -O-F. The IPA pronunciation is [tə ði iːst əv].
What does "to the east of" mean?
As a phrase, "to the east of" means: adverbialer Ausdruck, der das Verhältnis zweier Örtlichkeiten bezogen auf die Himmelsrichtung angibt
How do you pronounce "to the east of"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "to the east of" is [tə ði iːst əv]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "to the east of" come from?
"to the east of" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “to the east of”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-O- -T-H-E- -E-A-S-T- -O-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [tə ði iːst əv] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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