United Kingdom
[juːˌnʌɪtəd ˈkɪŋdəm]
The verdict
“United Kingdom” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staat in Westeuropa; Vereinigtes Königreich, Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland
Corpus desk
Index DE-united-kingdom · United Kingdom · German
United Kingdom · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | United Kingdom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [juːˌnʌɪtəd ˈkɪŋdəm] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „United Kingdom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
United Kingdom is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [juːˌnʌɪtəd ˈkɪŋdəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staat in Westeuropa; Vereinigtes Königreich, Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for United Kingdom, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is United Kingdom, spelled U-N-I-T-E-D- -K-I-N-G-D-O-M.
Definition
- 1Staat in Westeuropa; Vereinigtes Königreich, Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how United Kingdom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
London is the capital of the United Kingdom.
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.