Undine
[ʊnˈdiːnə]
The verdict
“Undine” is uncommon German (frequency #56,609 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,609
- frequency rank, German
- 30,279
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein im Wasser lebender weiblicher Elementargeist mit menschlicher Gestalt. Undine verliert ihre Unsterblichkeit durch Vermählung mit einem irdischen Mann und Geburt eines Kindes von diesem
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Undine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊnˈdiːnə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Undine” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Undine is uncommon German at frequency #56,609 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊnˈdiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein im Wasser lebender weiblicher Elementargeist mit menschlicher Gestalt. Undine verliert ihre Unsterblichkeit durch Vermählung mit einem irdischen Mann und Geburt eines Kindes von diesem".
Undine has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Undine, spelled U-N-D-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1ein im Wasser lebender weiblicher Elementargeist mit menschlicher Gestalt. Undine verliert ihre Unsterblichkeit durch Vermählung mit einem irdischen Mann und Geburt eines Kindes von diesem
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); 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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Using “Undine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-D-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʊnˈdiːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.