Urner

[ˈʊʁnɐ]

/[ˈʊʁnɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“Urner” is uncommon German (frequency #79,877 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,877
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus dem Kanton Uri stammend, sich auf Uri beziehend

Corpus desk

Index DE-urner · Urner · German

Urner · rank #79,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,877
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Uriel

Nearest frequency peer: Uriel (-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 „Urner“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Urner“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Urner
PropertyValue
HeadwordUrner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊʁnɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#79,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Urner“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Urnerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Uriel“ (#79,876), „Ventilen“ (#79,878), „upgraden“ (#79,875). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Urner“ bei #79,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Urner is uncommon German at frequency #79,877 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊʁnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus dem Kanton Uri stammend, sich auf Uri beziehend".

No misspelling variants are generated for Urner in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Urner, spelled U-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus dem Kanton Uri stammend, sich auf Uri beziehend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Urner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Sie blickt eine Weile aus dem Zugfenster, bis die ersten schroffen Urner Felswände auftauchen, dann greift sie zum Handy.“

Synonyms

urnerisch

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Urner"?
"Urner" is spelled U-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊʁnɐ].
What does "Urner" mean?
As an adjective, "Urner" means: aus dem Kanton Uri stammend, sich auf Uri beziehend
How do you pronounce "Urner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Urner" is [ˈʊʁnɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Urner" come from?
"Urner" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Urner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Uriel#79,876Vroni#79,916Tonga#79,830waten#79,927

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list