Eigennutz
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s]
The verdict
“Eigennutz” is uncommon German (frequency #51,265 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,265
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigennutz · Eigennutz · German
Eigennutz · rank #51,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,265
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH eidesstattlic…
Nearest frequency peer: eidesstattliche (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Eigennutz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ehegatte
Ehegatte
48,739 corpus weight
- Ehrengäste
Ehrengäste
48,738 corpus weight
- eidesstattl…
eidesstattliche
48,737 corpus weight
- Eigennutz
Eigennutz
48,736 corpus weight
- einkalkulie…
einkalkuliert
48,735 corpus weight
- einschaltet
einschaltet
48,734 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Eigennutz” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eigennutz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eigennutz” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Eigennutz is uncommon German at frequency #51,265 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil".
Zero misspellings are on record for Eigennutz in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eigennutz, spelled E-I-G-E-N-N-U-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
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