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Oberlander

noun

Oberlander is spelled O-B-E-R-L-A-N-D-E-R: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Oberlander means “A member of the Jewish population originating from Hungary, from the Jewish Oberland region of Hungary, which is different from the Hungarian…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Oberlander is Oberlanders.

How many letters and syllables are in Oberlander?

Letters10: O-B-E-R-L-A-N-D-E-R
Syllables4 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Oberlander?

Oberlander appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Oberlander?

    Oberlander has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of Oberlander

    • Oberlanders plural
    • Oberlaender
    • Oberländer

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does Oberlander mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      A member of the Jewish population originating from Hungary, from the Jewish Oberland region of Hungary, which is different from the Hungarian Oberland region of Hungary.

    2. 2

      A horse of the Oberland breed

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does Oberlander come from?

    From Oberland + -er, literally “highlander, uplander”, from German Oberland (“highland”).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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