Urheimat
German, noun/ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌhaɪ̯maːt/
Urheimat is spelled U-R-H-E-I-M-A-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urheimat is a German feminine noun meaning “ancestral homeland (place where a person, concept or people is from originally)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Region, in der der historische Ursprung eines Volkes vermutet wird”.
What does Urheimat mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineancestral homeland (place where a person, concept or people is from originally)
- 2
feminineurheimat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Region, in der der historische Ursprung eines Volkes vermutet wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Urheimat
- Urheimaten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Urheimat?
- /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌhaɪ̯maːt/
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌhaɪ̯maːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Urheimat in German?
Urheimat appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).