Undine

[ʊnˈdiːnə]

/[ʊnˈdiːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Undine” is uncommon German (frequency #56,609 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,609
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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

Corpus desk

Index DE-undine · Undine · German

Undine · rank #56,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,609
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unentgeltliche

Nearest frequency peer: unentgeltliche (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Undine“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Undine“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Undine
PropertyValue
HeadwordUndine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʊnˈdiːnə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,609
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Undine“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Undinefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unentgeltliche“ (#56,610), „unbestimmt“ (#56,607), „unerlaubter“ (#56,611). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Undine“ bei #56,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Undine is uncommon German at frequency #56,609 among 2,159 “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

  1. 1
    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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Undine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Undine-Stoff wurde auch von Hans Christian Andersen in seinem Märchen Die kleine Seejungfrau verarbeitet.
  2. „Die schöne Undine, die mir vom Mond beigesellt werden sollte, war Marcolina, und sie würde mir im Bad augenblicklich zur nötigen Zeugungskraft verhelfen.“

This word in other languages

ondine(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Undine"?
"Undine" is spelled U-N-D-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊnˈdiːnə].
What does "Undine" mean?
As a noun, "Undine" means: 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
How do you pronounce "Undine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Undine" is [ʊnˈdiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Undine" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Undine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list