Eigendünkel
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌdʏŋkl̩]
The verdict
“Eigendünkel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dünkel, der auf den Sprecher selbst bezogen ist, sich selbst als überlegen auffasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigendunkel · Eigendünkel · German
Eigendünkel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Eigendünkel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌdʏŋkl̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eigendünkel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eigendünkel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌdʏŋkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dünkel, der auf den Sprecher selbst bezogen ist, sich selbst als überlegen auffasst".
No misspelling variants are generated for Eigendünkel in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Eigendünkel, spelled E-I-G-E-N-D-Ü-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Dünkel, der auf den Sprecher selbst bezogen ist, sich selbst als überlegen auffasst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eigendünkel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich zweifelte nicht am Erfolg, und diese Gewißheit war nicht frei von Eigendünkel.“
„Jede verschmähte Geliebte aber vermag unseren Eigendünkel auf eine ziemlich schäbige Art zu erpressen.“
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.