Urbild
\ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt\
The verdict
“Urbild” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modèle, original, archétype : œuvre originale servant de modèle ou d’inspiration.
Corpus desk
Index FR-urbild · Urbild · French
Urbild · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | Urbild |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Urbild is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈuːɐ̯ˌbɪlt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Urbild, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Urbild, spelled U-R-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1Modèle, original, archétype : œuvre originale servant de modèle ou d’inspiration.
- 2Archétype / prototype : modèle incarnant idéalement certaines caractéristiques ; aussi modèle primordial.
- 3Préimage / image réciproque : d’un sous-ensemble ou élément donné de l’ensemble d'arrivée par une application.
- 4Antécédent : d’un élément donné de l’ensemble d'arrivée par une application.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Urbild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gerade jetzt ist er wieder überall präsent, auf Osterkarten, Servietten und Mousepads: der „Feldhase“ von Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Er diente als Vorbild für die ersten Schoko-Hasen, er ist das Urbild des Osterhasen. Kaum eine Tierdarstellung dürfte so oft reproduziert worden sein.
Als Prostituierte dagegen nennt sie sich schließlich Lilith, nach jener ersten Frau Adams aus der altmesopotamischen Mythologie, die sich Adams Einfluss im Paradies entzieht und zur Urmutter der Emanzipation avancierte. Das Urbild eines Vamps und einer Femme fatale.
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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.