Westindien

[vɛstˈʔɪndi̯ən]

/[vɛstˈʔɪndi̯ən]/ name

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The verdict

“Westindien” is uncommon German (frequency #72,047 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,047
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrere Inseln umfassendes Gebiet in der Karibik

Corpus desk

Index DE-westindien · Westindien · German

Westindien · rank #72,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,047
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Westgrenze

Nearest frequency peer: Westgrenze (-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 „Westindien“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Westindien
PropertyValue
HeadwordWestindien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[vɛstˈʔɪndi̯ən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#72,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Westindien“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Westindienfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Westgrenze“ (#72,046), „westeuropäische“ (#72,045), „whether“ (#72,049). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „Westindien“ bei #72,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Westindien is uncommon German at frequency #72,047 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [vɛstˈʔɪndi̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mehrere Inseln umfassendes Gebiet in der Karibik".

Zero misspellings are on record for Westindien in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Westindien, spelled W-E-S-T-I-N-D-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mehrere Inseln umfassendes Gebiet in der Karibik

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Da die Produktion in Westindien trotz dreimonatiger Transportzeit nach Europa durch die Ausnutzung billiger Sklavenkraft günstiger war, wurde die Eigenproduktion von Rohrzucker auf den südeuropäischen Plantagen eingestellt.“

Synonyms

Karibische InselnWestindische Inseln

This word in other languages

West Indies(English)

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 "Westindien"?
"Westindien" is spelled W-E-S-T-I-N-D-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vɛstˈʔɪndi̯ən].
What does "Westindien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Westindien" means: mehrere Inseln umfassendes Gebiet in der Karibik
How do you pronounce "Westindien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Westindien" is [vɛstˈʔɪndi̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Westindien" come from?
"Westindien" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Westindien", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Westgrenze#72,046Wespennest#72,044Windpocken#72,052Weltbilder#72,037

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list