Chefingenieur

[ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯]

/[ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chefingenieur
PropertyValue
HeadwordChefingenieur
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯]
Letters13
Frequency rank#64,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Chefingenieur“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Chefingenieurfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Chino“ (#64,153), „Clinch“ (#64,154), „clinic“ (#64,155). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „Chefingenieur“ bei #64,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    qualifizierter Ingenieur, der die Verantwortung und Führungsposition wahrnimmt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Chefingenieur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chefingenieur"?
"Chefingenieur" is spelled C-H-E-F-I-N-G-E-N-I-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯].
What does "Chefingenieur" mean?
As a noun, "Chefingenieur" means: qualifizierter Ingenieur, der die Verantwortung und Führungsposition wahrnimmt
How do you pronounce "Chefingenieur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chefingenieur" is [ˈʃɛfˌʔɪnʒeˌni̯øːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chefingenieur" come from?
"Chefingenieur" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Chefingenieur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list