Völkerbund
[ˈfœlkɐˌbʊnt]
The verdict
“Völkerbund” is uncommon German (frequency #55,848 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,848
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - internationale Organisation von Staaten zur Wahrung des Friedens (1920-1946)
Corpus desk
Index DE-volkerbund · Völkerbund · German
Völkerbund · rank #55,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,848
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorwarf
Nearest frequency peer: vorwarf (-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 „Völkerbund“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorstellst
vorstellst
44,156 corpus weight
- vortex
vortex
44,155 corpus weight
- vorwarf
vorwarf
44,154 corpus weight
- Völkerbund
Völkerbund
44,153 corpus weight
- Waldhaus
Waldhaus
44,152 corpus weight
- wandere
wandere
44,150 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Völkerbund“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Völkerbund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfœlkɐˌbʊnt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Völkerbund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Völkerbund is uncommon German at frequency #55,848 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfœlkɐˌbʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "internationale Organisation von Staaten zur Wahrung des Friedens (1920-1946)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Völkerbund in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Völkerbund, spelled V-Ö-L-K-E-R-B-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1internationale Organisation von Staaten zur Wahrung des Friedens (1920-1946)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Völkerbund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„1923 wird Äthiopien in den Völkerbund aufgenommen, im Jahr darauf reist der Ras durch Europa.“
„Formell wurden die deutschen Kolonien unter die Verwaltung des neugeschaffenen Völkerbundes gestellt, praktisch wurden sie unter den Siegermächten Frankreich, England und Belgien aufgeteilt.“
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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