Windhuk
[ˈvɪnthʊk]
The verdict
“Windhuk” 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
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stadt in Afrika, Hauptstadt von Namibia
Corpus desk
Index DE-windhuk · Windhuk · German
Windhuk · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Windhuk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪnthʊk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Windhuk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Windhuk is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɪnthʊk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stadt in Afrika, Hauptstadt von Namibia".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Windhuk in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Windhuk, spelled W-I-N-D-H-U-K.
Definition
- 1Stadt in Afrika, Hauptstadt von Namibia
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Windhuk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich komme gerade aus Windhuk.
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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.