ulna
[ˈʌlnə]
The verdict
“ulna” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - die Elle, die Ulna
Corpus desk
Index DE-ulna · ulna · German
ulna · 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 "U" 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 | ulna |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʌlnə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ulna“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ulna is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʌlnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Elle, die Ulna".
ulna doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ulna, spelled U-L-N-A.
Definition
- 1die Elle, die Ulna
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ulna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An ulna is the bone on the little-finger side of the human forearm.
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.