Uncle Sam
[ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm]
The verdict
“Uncle Sam” 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nationalallegorie der Vereinigten Staaten
Corpus desk
Index DE-uncle-sam · Uncle Sam · German
Uncle Sam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Uncle Sam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Uncle Sam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Uncle Sam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌaŋkl̩ˈsɛːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Uncle Sam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Abgesichert wurde das Kriegsrecht einmal mehr von Uncle Sam, der den Tyrannen Marcos bei seinen Bemühungen unterstützte, nicht nur einen kommunistischen, sondern auch einen muslimischen Aufstand niederzuschlagen.“
„Man zögerte die Entscheidung über meine Einberufung eine Weile hinaus, aber schließlich setzte man mich davon in Kenntnis, dass Uncle Sam mich tatsächlich haben wollte.“
This word in other languages
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