Effemination
[ˌɛfeminaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Effemination” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verweiblichung (hauptsächlich bei Männern)
Corpus desk
Index DE-effemination · Effemination · German
Effemination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Effemination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɛfeminaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Effemination“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Effemination is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɛfeminaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verweiblichung (hauptsächlich bei Männern)".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Effemination, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Effemination, spelled E-F-F-E-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Verweiblichung (hauptsächlich bei Männern)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Effemination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Homosexuelle Männer werden von der Gesellschaft oft aufgrund ihrer Effemination ausgegrenzt.
Antonyms
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.