Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spitzbergen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: spitzber-gen
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative spelling of Spitsbergen.

Dated

Etymology

From German Spitzbergen, a Germanised spelling of Dutch Spitsbergen.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Spitzbergen, Spitsbergen

Usage

Dated

Questions

What does spitzbergen mean?: Alternative spelling of Spitsbergen.
Where does spitzbergen come from?: It is traced to German.

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