uvular
[uvuˈlaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“uvular” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an der Uvula (Zäpfchen) gebildet
Corpus desk
Index DE-uvular · uvular · German
uvular · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | uvular |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [uvuˈlaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „uvular“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
uvular is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [uvuˈlaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an der Uvula (Zäpfchen) gebildet".
No misspelling variants are generated for uvular in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is uvular, spelled U-V-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1an der Uvula (Zäpfchen) gebildet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uvular appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Uvular wird im Deutschen nur [R] (= das hintere, sogenannte Rachen-r) gebildet.
„Linguistik: Laut, der nur nach hinteren Vokalen gesprochen wird; wird im Deutsch als velarer, stimmloser Frikativ [x], oder als uvularer, stimmloser Frikativ [χ] gesprochen“
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.