Tula
[ˈtuːla]
The verdict
“Tula” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - am Fluss Upa gelegene Stadt im westlichen Russland
Corpus desk
Index DE-tula · Tula · German
Tula · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tula |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈtuːla] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tula“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tula is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtuːla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Tula doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Tula, spelled T-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1am Fluss Upa gelegene Stadt im westlichen Russland
- 2kulturelles Zentrum der Tolteken in Mesoamerika, heute eine archäologische Stätte im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Hidalgo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Tulas Ruhm gründet sich in erster Linie auf die Produktion von Kalaschnikows und eine glückliche Fügung der Geschichte. Während des deutschen Vormarsches auf Moskau fiel die Stadt nie den Panzereinheiten General Guderians in die Hände. Auf dem Hauptplatz begrüßt bis heute ein großlettriges Leninzitat den Besucher: ‚Die Bedeutung Tulas für die Republik is…
„Die Bewohner der Stadt Tula, in der achtzig Prozent der Betriebe für das Militär arbeiten, reisen zum Einkaufen in die Agrarstadt Orjol.“
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.