Egge

[ˈɛɡə]

/[ˈɛɡə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Egge” is uncommon German (frequency #81,463 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,463
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ackerbaugerät zum Einebnen der Pflugfurchen und zum Unterbringen des Saatgutes oder des Düngers

Corpus desk

Index DE-egge · Egge · German

Egge · rank #81,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,463
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH effizienteren

Nearest frequency peer: effizienteren (-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 „Egge“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Egge
PropertyValue
HeadwordEgge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛɡə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#81,463
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Egge“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „effizienteren“ (#81,462), „Ehrenbreitstein“ (#81,464), „ehrlicherweise“ (#81,465). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Egge“ bei #81,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Egge is uncommon German at frequency #81,463 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Egge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Egge, spelled E-G-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ackerbaugerät zum Einebnen der Pflugfurchen und zum Unterbringen des Saatgutes oder des Düngers
  2. 2
    Gewebeband, das Nähte vor dem Verziehen schützen soll

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieser Typ Egge besteht aus gelenkig verbundenen Gliedern mit kurzen Zähnen.
  2. „Die Pflüge und Eggen, die Drill- und die Dreschmaschinen, die Selbstbinder zur Ernte und die Traktoren verschwinden.“

Synonyms

Herse

Antonyms

HarkeHacke

This word in other languages

harrow(English)grada(Español)herse(Français)grade(Português)

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 "Egge"?
"Egge" is spelled E-G-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛɡə].
What does "Egge" mean?
As a noun, "Egge" means: Ackerbaugerät zum Einebnen der Pflugfurchen und zum Unterbringen des Saatgutes oder des Düngers
How do you pronounce "Egge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Egge" is [ˈɛɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Egge" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ecco#81,459dine#81,434deaf#81,415feig#81,532

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list