Uzi
[ˈuːzi]
The verdict
“Uzi” is uncommon German (frequency #68,812 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,812
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kompakte, in Israel hergestellte Maschinenpistole
Corpus desk
Index DE-uzi · Uzi · German
Uzi · rank #68,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,812
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH Userin
Nearest frequency peer: Userin (-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 „Uzi“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unwillig
unwillig
31,193 corpus weight
- unwissensch…
unwissenschaftlich
31,192 corpus weight
- Ursprungsla…
Ursprungsland
31,191 corpus weight
- Userin
Userin
31,190 corpus weight
- Uzi
Uzi
31,189 corpus weight
- vario
vario
31,188 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Uzi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uzi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːzi] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #68,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Uzi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Uzi is uncommon German at frequency #68,812 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːzi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kompakte, in Israel hergestellte Maschinenpistole".
Zero misspellings are on record for Uzi in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Uzi, spelled U-Z-I.
Definition
- 1kompakte, in Israel hergestellte Maschinenpistole
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Uzi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Polizei fand bei der Durchsuchung der Wohnung mehrere Uzis.
„Anders als die Kalaschnikow, die als Standardwaffe unter anderem von Terroristen, Islamisten, Kindersoldaten und dubiosen Milizen weltweit viele Millionen Tote gefordert hat, ist die Uzi vorrangig bei Polizei und Militär verbreitet.“
This word in other languages
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.
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