Washington, D.C.
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The verdict
“Washington, D.C.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bundesdistrikt, Regierungssitz und Hauptstadt der Vereinigten Staaten
Corpus desk
Index DE-washington-d-c · Washington, D.C. · German
Washington, D.C. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Washington, D.C.” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Washington, D.C. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bundesdistrikt, Regierungssitz und Hauptstadt der Vereinigten Staaten".
Washington, D.C. doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Washington, D.C., spelled W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N-,- -D-.-C-..
Definition
- 1Bundesdistrikt, Regierungssitz und Hauptstadt der Vereinigten Staaten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Washington, D.C. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das eigentliche Teleskop mit einem 2,4 Meter großen Hauptspiegel ist fertiggestellt und befindet sich nun im Reinraum des Goddard Space Flight Center der NASA in der Nähe von Washington, D.C. [sic!]“
„Wie das Entdeckerteam um Scott Sheppard von der Carnegie Institution of Science in Washington, D.C., anhand von Teleskopaufnahmen feststellte, benötigt der zirka ein Kilometer große Asteroid 113 Tage, um die Sonne zu umlaufen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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