Augenwinkel
[ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌvɪŋkl̩]
The verdict
“Augenwinkel” is uncommon German (frequency #54,343 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,343
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von den Augenlidern gebildeter äußerer Rand des geöffneten Auges
Corpus desk
Index DE-augenwinkel · Augenwinkel · German
Augenwinkel · rank #54,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,343
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aufzufüllen
Nearest frequency peer: aufzufüllen (-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 „Augenwinkel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Auftrages
Auftrages
45,661 corpus weight
- auftun
auftun
45,660 corpus weight
- aufzufüllen
aufzufüllen
45,659 corpus weight
- Augenwinkel
Augenwinkel
45,658 corpus weight
- Ausbruchs
Ausbruchs
45,657 corpus weight
- ausgelassene
ausgelassene
45,656 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Augenwinkel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Augenwinkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌvɪŋkl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Augenwinkel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Augenwinkel is uncommon German at frequency #54,343 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌvɪŋkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von den Augenlidern gebildeter äußerer Rand des geöffneten Auges".
No misspelling variants are generated for Augenwinkel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Augenwinkel, spelled A-U-G-E-N-W-I-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1von den Augenlidern gebildeter äußerer Rand des geöffneten Auges
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Augenwinkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus den Augenwinkeln beobachtet Eos, wie sich die Kellnerin vorbeugt, ihre Arme auf die Rückenlehne von Anraths Sitz legt und ihm dabei so nahe kommt, daß der Luftzug ihres Seufzers sein Ohr streift.“
„In ihren Augenwinkeln glitzerten zwei, drei Tränen.“
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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