Eigenname
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnaːmə]
The verdict
“Eigenname” is uncommon German (frequency #86,399 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,399
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - feststehende Bezeichnung aus einem oder mehreren Wörtern für ein bestimmtes Objekt wie Personen, Institutionen, Produkte, Orte, Gegenstände, Ereignisse, Sachverhalte und ähnliche
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigenname · Eigenname · German
Eigenname · rank #86,399 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,399
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eifersüchtiger
Nearest frequency peer: eifersüchtiger (-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 „Eigenname“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- eifersüchti…
eifersüchtiger
13,603 corpus weight
- Eigenname
Eigenname
13,602 corpus weight
- einfüllen
einfüllen
13,601 corpus weight
- eingedenk
eingedenk
13,600 corpus weight
- eingeebnet
eingeebnet
13,599 corpus weight
- eingraben
eingraben
13,598 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eigenname“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eigenname |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnaːmə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eigenname“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eigenname is uncommon German at frequency #86,399 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnaːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "feststehende Bezeichnung aus einem oder mehreren Wörtern für ein bestimmtes Objekt wie Personen, Institutionen, Produkte, Orte, Gegenstände, Ereignisse, Sachverhalte und ähnliche".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Eigenname, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Eigenname, spelled E-I-G-E-N-N-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1feststehende Bezeichnung aus einem oder mehreren Wörtern für ein bestimmtes Objekt wie Personen, Institutionen, Produkte, Orte, Gegenstände, Ereignisse, Sachverhalte und ähnliche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eigenname appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eigennamen schreibt man im Deutschen groß. Jede Person hat einen Eigennamen.
„Innerhalb der Gruppe der Substantive wird nochmals unterschieden zwischen Eigennamen (nomina propria) und Gattungsnamen oder besser Gattungsbezeichnungen (nomina appellativa).“
Synonyms
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); 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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).