Transvaal
[tʁansˈvaːl]
The verdict
“Transvaal” is uncommon German (frequency #90,995 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,995
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zeitweise unabhängige Republik, Kolonie Großbritanniens, Provinz der Südafrikanischen Union, gelegen im Nordosten Südafrikas, inzwischen als Provinz aufgelöst
Corpus desk
Index DE-transvaal · Transvaal · German
Transvaal · rank #90,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,995
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH trave
Nearest frequency peer: trave (+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 „Transvaal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Tormann
Tormann
9,010 corpus weight
- Totenbett
Totenbett
9,009 corpus weight
- Transvaal
Transvaal
9,006 corpus weight
- trave
trave
9,005 corpus weight
- Treibens
Treibens
9,004 corpus weight
- Trickkiste
Trickkiste
9,003 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Transvaal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Transvaal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [tʁansˈvaːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Transvaal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Transvaal is uncommon German at frequency #90,995 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [tʁansˈvaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zeitweise unabhängige Republik, Kolonie Großbritanniens, Provinz der Südafrikanischen Union, gelegen im Nordosten Südafrikas, inzwischen als Provinz aufgelöst".
Zero misspellings are on record for Transvaal in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Transvaal, spelled T-R-A-N-S-V-A-A-L.
Definition
- 1zeitweise unabhängige Republik, Kolonie Großbritanniens, Provinz der Südafrikanischen Union, gelegen im Nordosten Südafrikas, inzwischen als Provinz aufgelöst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Transvaal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es gelang ihm, alle wichtigen Leute zu treffen, vom Vizepräsidenten der Burenrepublik Transvaal über den Sultan von Sansibar bis zum Khediven von Ägypten.“
„Ab 1882 werden in Transvaal große Goldvorkommen entdeckt.“
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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