Äuglein
[ˈɔɪ̯klaɪ̯n]
The verdict
“Äuglein” is uncommon German (frequency #88,586 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,586
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Auge
Corpus desk
Index DE-auglein · Äuglein · German
Äuglein · rank #88,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,586
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH älterem
Nearest frequency peer: älterem (-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 „Äuglein“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zündschloss
Zündschloss
11,417 corpus weight
- älterem
älterem
11,416 corpus weight
- Äuglein
Äuglein
11,415 corpus weight
- Öffnungszeit
Öffnungszeit
11,414 corpus weight
- übereinstim…
übereinstimme
11,413 corpus weight
- überrasche
überrasche
11,412 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Äuglein“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Äuglein |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔɪ̯klaɪ̯n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Äuglein“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Äuglein is uncommon German at frequency #88,586 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɔɪ̯klaɪ̯n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Auge".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Äuglein, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Äuglein, spelled Ä-U-G-L-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Auge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Äuglein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seine Äuglein blitzten angriffslustig im blassen Vollmondgesicht, in dem die Hakennase wie ein Fremdkörper hervorstach.“
„Angsterfüllt kniff das Kind die Äuglein zu und wagte eine Weile kaum zu atmen.“
Synonyms
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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