Uncle Sam
[ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm]
The verdict
“Uncle Sam” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nationalallegorie der Vereinigten Staaten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uncle Sam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Uncle Sam” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Uncle Sam is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm]. 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: "Nationalallegorie der Vereinigten Staaten".
Zero misspellings are on record for Uncle Sam in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is Uncle Sam, spelled U-N-C-L-E- -S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Nationalallegorie der Vereinigten Staaten
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Uncle Sam”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-C-L-E- -S-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.