Urdu
[ˈʊʁdu]
The verdict
“Urdu” is uncommon German (frequency #84,718 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,718
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indogermanische Sprache; Amtssprache in Pakistan und einigen indischen Bundesstaaten; eng mit Hindi verwandt, vergleiche Hindustani
Corpus desk
Index DE-urdu · Urdu · German
Urdu · rank #84,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,718
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ureigenen
Nearest frequency peer: ureigenen (+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 „Urdu“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unterirdisc…
unterirdisches
15,287 corpus weight
- unterliege
unterliege
15,286 corpus weight
- unterminier…
unterminieren
15,285 corpus weight
- Urdu
Urdu
15,283 corpus weight
- ureigenen
ureigenen
15,282 corpus weight
- Urform
Urform
15,281 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Urdu“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Urdu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊʁdu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #84,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Urdu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Urdu is uncommon German at frequency #84,718 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊʁdu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indogermanische Sprache; Amtssprache in Pakistan und einigen indischen Bundesstaaten; eng mit Hindi verwandt, vergleiche Hindustani".
Urdu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Urdu, spelled U-R-D-U.
Definition
- 1indogermanische Sprache; Amtssprache in Pakistan und einigen indischen Bundesstaaten; eng mit Hindi verwandt, vergleiche Hindustani
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Urdu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Über die Deutsche Welle heisst es zum Beispiel, dass 1200 Mitarbeiter aus 60 Ländern Programme in 30 Sprachen in den Äther schicken, darunter in Amharisch und Urdu.
„Noch heute werden seine in Urdu verfassten Gedichte als große Klassiker dieser Sprache angesehen.“
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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