Ursprungsland

[ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant]

/[ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ursprungsland” is uncommon German (frequency #68,810 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,810
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Land, aus dem etwas hervorgegangen ist

Key facts for Ursprungsland
PropertyValue
HeadwordUrsprungsland
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant]
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,810
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ursprungsland” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Ursprungsland lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ursprungsland is uncommon German at frequency #68,810 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Land, aus dem etwas hervorgegangen ist".

Ursprungsland has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Ursprungsland, spelled U-R-S-P-R-U-N-G-S-L-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Land, aus dem etwas hervorgegangen ist

This word in other languages

country of origin(English)

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 "Ursprungsland"?
"Ursprungsland" is spelled U-R-S-P-R-U-N-G-S-L-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant].
What does "Ursprungsland" mean?
As a noun, "Ursprungsland" means: Land, aus dem etwas hervorgegangen ist
How do you pronounce "Ursprungsland"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ursprungsland" is [ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ursprungsland" come from?
"Ursprungsland" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Ursprungsland”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-R-S-P-R-U-N-G-S-L-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈuːɐ̯ʃpʁʊŋsˌlant] (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

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list