Eigenheit
[ˈaɪ̯ɡŋ̍haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Eigenheit” is an uncommon German word, ranked #71,255 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,255
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Merkwürdigkeit, Auffälligkeit , die jemand oder etwas aufweist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eigenheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡŋ̍haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,255 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eigenheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Eigenheit is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯ɡŋ̍haɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,255 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Merkwürdigkeit, Auffälligkeit , die jemand oder etwas aufweist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eigenheit, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eigenheit, spelled E-I-G-E-N-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Merkwürdigkeit, Auffälligkeit , die jemand oder etwas aufweist
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “Eigenheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-G-E-N-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯ɡŋ̍haɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.