Urbild
[ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Urbild” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ursprüngliches, als Vorlage für eine künstlerische Wiedergabe dienendes Werk
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Urbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Urbild” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Urbild is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Urbild, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Urbild, spelled U-R-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1ursprüngliches, als Vorlage für eine künstlerische Wiedergabe dienendes Werk
- 2ideales Vorbild mit typischen Merkmalen, Verkörperung eines Ideals
- 3Element aus der Definitionsmenge, dem ein bestimmtes Element aus der Zielmenge zugeordnet wird
- 4Teilmenge der Definitionsmenge, deren Elemente auf eine bestimmte Teilmenge der Zielmenge oder ein bestimmtes Element aus der Zielmenge abgebildet werden
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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 “Urbild”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-R-B-I-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt] (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.