Urnengänger
[ˈʊʁnənˌɡɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Urnengänger” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (männliche^☆) Person, die ihre Stimme bei einem Urnengang abgibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-urnenganger · Urnengänger · German
Urnengänger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Urnengänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊʁnənˌɡɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Urnengänger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Urnengänger is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊʁnənˌɡɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(männliche^☆) Person, die ihre Stimme bei einem Urnengang abgibt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Urnengänger, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Urnengänger, spelled U-R-N-E-N-G-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1(männliche^☆) Person, die ihre Stimme bei einem Urnengang abgibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Urnengänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Urnengänger haben die Volksinitiative der Jungen Grünen mit fast 70 Prozent Nein-Stimmen abgeschmettert.“
Antonyms
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.