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Which to use

“eindeutige” and “eindeutigen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,704
“eindeutige” frequency rank
#15,867
“eindeutigen” frequency rank
25571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eindeutige eindeutigen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eindeutig Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eindeutig

Where the eye mixes eindeutige and eindeutigen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

10 ch
eindeutige
11 ch
eindeutigen

Visual trap between eindeutige and eindeutigen

A purely visual mix-up. eindeutige ([ˈaɪ̯nˌdɔɪ̯tɪɡə]) and eindeutigen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌdɔɪ̯tɪɡn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “eindeutige” sits inside “eindeutigen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eindeutige is recorded at frequency rank #9,704, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌdɔɪ̯tɪɡə]. eindeutigen is at rank #15,867, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌdɔɪ̯tɪɡn̩].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 25571, this pair ranks #1,831,248 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eindeutige vs eindeutigen

Shared letters: degintu. Private to "eindeutige": -. Private to "eindeutigen": -.

"eindeutige" · 10 letters · shape VVCCVVCVCV  ·  "eindeutigen" · 11 letters · shape VVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eindeutigeeidneutige · einddeutige · eindetuige · eindeuitge · eindeutgie · eindeutieg · eindeutigge · eindeuttige
  • eindeutigeneidneutigen · einddeutigen · eindetuigen · eindeuitgen · eindeutgien · eindeutiegn · eindeutigenn · eindeutiggen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eindeutige" and "eindeutigen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌdɔɪ̯tɪɡə] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌdɔɪ̯tɪɡn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "eindeutige" or "eindeutigen" show up more?
"eindeutige" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,704 in our German list, against #15,867 for "eindeutigen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eindeutige" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eindeutigen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,831,248 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eindeutige" and "eindeutigen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eindeutigen vs eindeutiges". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,831,248 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list