aegis

noun

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The verdict

“aegis” is uncommon German (frequency #95,216 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,216
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ägis

Corpus desk

Index DE-aegis · aegis · German

aegis · rank #95,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,216
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aerodynamisch

Nearest frequency peer: aerodynamisch (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „aegis“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aegis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aegis
PropertyValue
Headwordaegis
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#95,216
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aegis“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).aegisfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aerodynamisch“ (#95,217), „agierender“ (#95,218), „Actionfilme“ (#95,213). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aegis“ bei #95,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aegis is uncommon German at frequency #95,216 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for aegis in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is aegis, spelled A-E-G-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ägis
  2. 2
    Schutz, Schild, Schirm
  3. 3
    Kernholz

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aegis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Arcades ipsum / credunt se vidisse Iovem, cum saepe nigrantem / aegida concuteret dextra nimbosque cieret.“ (Verg. Aen. 8,352–354)
  2. „aegidaque horriferam, turbatae Palladis arma, / certatim squamis serpentum auroque polibant / conexosque anguis ipsamque in pectore divae / Gorgona desecto vertentem lumina collo.“ (Verg. Aen. 8,435–438)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aegis"?
"aegis" is spelled A-E-G-I-S.
What does "aegis" mean?
As a noun, "aegis" means: Ägis
What language does "aegis" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aegis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ALKIS#95,223Ascot#95,274Wulst#95,154aussi#95,300

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list