vena

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The verdict

“vena” is uncommon German (frequency #74,120 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,120
frequency rank, German
49,639
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Vene, die Ader

Key facts for vena
PropertyValue
Headwordvena
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#74,120
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vena” 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). vena 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

vena is uncommon German at frequency #74,120 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Vene, die Ader".

vena doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 vena, spelled V-E-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Vene, die Ader

This word in other languages

vein(English)vena(Español)veine(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 "vena"?
"vena" is spelled V-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "vena" mean?
As a noun, "vena" means: die Vene, die Ader
How do you pronounce "vena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vena" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vena" come from?
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Using “vena”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is V-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list