Chefingenieur
[ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Chefingenieur” is uncommon German (frequency #64,152 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,152
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualifizierter Ingenieur, der die Verantwortung und Führungsposition wahrnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-chefingenieur · Chefingenieur · German
Chefingenieur · rank #64,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,152
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Chino
Nearest frequency peer: Chino (+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 „Chefingenieur“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- cart
cart
35,853 corpus weight
- Chefingenie…
Chefingenieur
35,849 corpus weight
- Chino
Chino
35,848 corpus weight
- Clinch
Clinch
35,847 corpus weight
- clinic
clinic
35,846 corpus weight
- coding
coding
35,845 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Chefingenieur“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chefingenieur |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #64,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chefingenieur“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chefingenieur is uncommon German at frequency #64,152 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "qualifizierter Ingenieur, der die Verantwortung und Führungsposition wahrnimmt".
Chefingenieur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Chefingenieur, spelled C-H-E-F-I-N-G-E-N-I-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1qualifizierter Ingenieur, der die Verantwortung und Führungsposition wahrnimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Chefingenieur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So manches Bauvorhaben, Werk, oder Projekt bedarf vielerlei Techniker und Ingenieur, die insgesamt als Team stets einer qualifizierten und erfahrenen Führungskraft, dem Chefingenieur unterstellt sind.
Antonyms
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).