eerie
[ˈɪəri]
The verdict
“eerie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unheimlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-eerie · eerie · German
eerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eerie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɪəri] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „eerie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
eerie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪəri]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unheimlich".
eerie has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is eerie, spelled E-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1unheimlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Someone told her an eerie ghost story.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.