Vishnu
[ˈvɪʃnu]
The verdict
“Vishnu” is uncommon German (frequency #97,925 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,925
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der höchsten Gottheiten im Hinduismus, Gatte von Lakshmi
Corpus desk
Index DE-vishnu · Vishnu · German
Vishnu · rank #97,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,925
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Violinist
Nearest frequency peer: Violinist (-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 „Vishnu“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Villenviert…
Villenviertel
2,079 corpus weight
- Vinothek
Vinothek
2,078 corpus weight
- Violinist
Violinist
2,077 corpus weight
- Vishnu
Vishnu
2,076 corpus weight
- Vorbemerkun…
Vorbemerkungen
2,073 corpus weight
- vorführte
vorführte
2,072 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vishnu“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vishnu |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪʃnu] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vishnu“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vishnu is uncommon German at frequency #97,925 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪʃnu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der höchsten Gottheiten im Hinduismus, Gatte von Lakshmi".
Vishnu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Vishnu, spelled V-I-S-H-N-U.
Definition
- 1eine der höchsten Gottheiten im Hinduismus, Gatte von Lakshmi
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vishnu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Du darfst nicht denken, dass ich mich für Vishnu oder irgendeinen anderen Schöpfergott stark mache, Ganesh.‹“
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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