Augenlid
[ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍ˌliːt]
The verdict
“Augenlid” is uncommon German (frequency #98,131 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,131
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-augenlid · Augenlid · German
Augenlid · rank #98,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,131
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aufrechnen
Nearest frequency peer: aufrechnen (-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 „Augenlid“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- auflegte
auflegte
1,873 corpus weight
- aufopfern
aufopfern
1,872 corpus weight
- aufrechnen
aufrechnen
1,871 corpus weight
- Augenlid
Augenlid
1,870 corpus weight
- Ausbuchtung
Ausbuchtung
1,869 corpus weight
- ausdehnte
ausdehnte
1,868 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Augenlid“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Augenlid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍ˌliːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Augenlid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Augenlid is uncommon German at frequency #98,131 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍ˌliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Augenlid, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Augenlid, spelled A-U-G-E-N-L-I-D.
Definition
- 1Haut zum Bedecken der Augen bei höheren Tieren und dem Menschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Augenlid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das gerötete Augenlid weist auf eine Entzündung des Auges hin.
„Hingegossen liegt er da, kaum noch sitzend, seine Augenlider hebt er kaum, und träumt und träumt.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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