blinkende

[ˈblɪŋkn̩də]

/[ˈblɪŋkn̩də]/ adj

The verdict

“blinkende” is uncommon German (frequency #76,590 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,590
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend

Corpus desk

Index DE-blinkende · blinkende · German

blinkende · rank #76,590 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,590
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Blasinstrumen…

Nearest frequency peer: Blasinstrumente (-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 „blinkende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blinkende
PropertyValue
Headwordblinkende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈblɪŋkn̩də]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „blinkende“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).blinkendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Blasinstrumente“ (#76,589), „blinkenden“ (#76,591), „Blitzeinschlag“ (#76,592). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „blinkende“ bei #76,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blinkende is uncommon German at frequency #76,590 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈblɪŋkn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blinkende, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is blinkende, spelled B-L-I-N-K-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend

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 "blinkende"?
"blinkende" is spelled B-L-I-N-K-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈblɪŋkn̩də].
What does "blinkende" mean?
As an adjective, "blinkende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs blinkend
How do you pronounce "blinkende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blinkende" is [ˈblɪŋkn̩də]. 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 "blinkende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list