eigene

/[ˈaɪ̯ɡənə]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#540

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

eigene is anGermanadj. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs eigen Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯ɡənə]. It ranks #540 in German word frequency. Often confused with eine and einen.

Key facts for eigene
PropertyValue
Headwordeigene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈaɪ̯ɡənə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#540
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of eigene in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for eigene is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯ɡənə]. Corpus data places it at rank #540 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for eigene, with forms such as "egiene", "eiegne", and "eigeen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eine", "einen", "Engen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is eigene, spelled E-I-G-E-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural der starken Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs eigen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egiene,eiegne,eigeen,eiggene,eignee,iegene

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for eigene

Misspelling Variants of "eigene"

egiene6eiegne6eigeen6eiggene7eignee6iegene6
Misspelling Variants of "eigene"

Frequency rank: #540 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eigene"?
"eigene" is spelled E-I-G-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯ɡənə].
What does "eigene" mean?
As an adj, "eigene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs eigen
What words are commonly confused with "eigene"?
"eigene" is commonly confused with "eine", "einen", "Engen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eigene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eigene" is [ˈaɪ̯ɡənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eigene" come from?
"eigene" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.