amid
[əˈmɪd]
The verdict
“amid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter, mitten unter
Corpus desk
Index DE-amid · amid · German
amid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | amid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [əˈmɪd] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „amid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
amid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition, transcribed [əˈmɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
amid has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is amid, spelled A-M-I-D.
Definition
- 1unter, mitten unter
- 2während
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how amid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amid the boys I saw an old man.
One person died amid the fights.
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.