Ursuppe
German, noun/ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzʊpə/
Ursuppe is spelled U-R-S-U-P-P-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ursuppe is a German feminine noun meaning “primordial soup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Wasser des Urozeans² mit allen darin gelösten organischen und anorganischen Stoffen, das als Medium für…”.
What does Ursuppe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprimordial soup
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Wasser des Urozeans² mit allen darin gelösten organischen und anorganischen Stoffen, das als Medium für die präbiotisch-chemische und später auch für die biologische Evolution angesehen 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.
How do you pronounce Ursuppe?
- /ˈʔuːɐ̯ˌzʊpə/
- [ˈuːɐ̯ˌzʊpə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ursuppe in German?
Ursuppe appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).