VAE

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The verdict

“VAE” is uncommon German (frequency #55,803 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,803
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzungen von Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Corpus desk

Index DE-vae · VAE · German

VAE · rank #55,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,803
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH USP

Nearest frequency peer: USP (-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 „VAE“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for VAE
PropertyValue
HeadwordVAE
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „VAE“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „USP“ (#55,802), „Valerius“ (#55,804), „Vegetarierin“ (#55,805). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „VAE“ bei #55,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

VAE is uncommon German at frequency #55,803 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzungen von Vereinigte Arabische Emirate".

VAE has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is VAE, spelled V-A-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzungen von Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Zwischen Deutschland und den VAE bahnen sich möglicherweise weitere Rüstungsgeschäfte an.“
  2. „Das Militär der VAE hat nicht nur im Juli 2015 die wichtige Stadt Aden, sondern anschließend alle Hafenstädte des Südens sowie die Insel Perim am Eingang des Roten Meeres eingenommen und Militärbasen gebaut.“

This word in other languages

UAE(English)EAU(Español)EAU(Français)

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 "VAE"?
"VAE" is spelled V-A-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "VAE" mean?
As an abbreviation, "VAE" means: Abkürzungen von Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
How do you pronounce "VAE"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "VAE" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "VAE" come from?
"VAE" 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 "VAE", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

USP#55,802thu#55,765tak#55,760Ösi#55,898

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list