Aubergine

[ˌobɛʁˈʒiːnə]

/[ˌobɛʁˈʒiːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Aubergine” is uncommon German (frequency #60,350 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,350
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pflanze (Solanum melongena) aus der Familie der Nachtschattengewächse (Solanaceae)

Corpus desk

Index DE-aubergine · Aubergine · German

Aubergine · rank #60,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,350
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ate

Nearest frequency peer: ate (-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 „Aubergine“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aubergine
PropertyValue
HeadwordAubergine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌobɛʁˈʒiːnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,350
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Aubergine“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Auberginefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ate“ (#60,349), „aufbäumen“ (#60,351), „assyrischen“ (#60,348). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Aubergine“ bei #60,350. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aubergine is uncommon German at frequency #60,350 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌobɛʁˈʒiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Aubergine in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Aubergine, spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pflanze (Solanum melongena) aus der Familie der Nachtschattengewächse (Solanaceae)
  2. 2
    essbare, ei- bis keulenförmige, zumeist – je nach Sorte – dunkelviolette bis weißliche Frucht der unter [1] beschriebenen Pflanze
  3. 3
    Glasur von blauroter Farbe, die in bestimmten chinesischen Porzellanen verwendet wird
  4. 4
    chinesisches Porzellan mit der unter [3] beschriebenen Glasur

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auberginen müssen kräftig gedüngt werden.
  2. „Die Einführung der genetisch veränderten Aubergine wurde in Indien als ein von außen durchgeführter Angriff auf die Souveränität der Nahrungsmittelversorgung und das ‚genetische Erbe‘ des Landes wahrgenommen.“

Synonyms

EierpflanzeSolanum melongenaEierfruchtMelanzaneMelanzani

This word in other languages

aubergine(English)berenjena(Español)aubergine(Français)beringela(Português)

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 "Aubergine"?
"Aubergine" is spelled A-U-B-E-R-G-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌobɛʁˈʒiːnə].
What does "Aubergine" mean?
As a noun, "Aubergine" means: Pflanze (Solanum melongena) aus der Familie der Nachtschattengewächse (Solanaceae)
How do you pronounce "Aubergine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aubergine" is [ˌobɛʁˈʒiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufbäumen#60,351aufwachst#60,359alternate#60,328Backblech#60,380

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list