Eigennutz

/[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,265

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Eigennutz is aGermannoun. It means: Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s].

Key facts for Eigennutz
PropertyValue
HeadwordEigennutz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,265
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Eigennutz is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,265 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil".

No misspelling variants are generated for Eigennutz in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Eigennutz, spelled E-I-G-E-N-N-U-T-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil

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Frequency rank: #51,265 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Eigennutz"?
"Eigennutz" is spelled E-I-G-E-N-N-U-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s].
What does "Eigennutz" mean?
As a noun, "Eigennutz" means: Bedachtsein auf den eigenen Vorteil
How do you pronounce "Eigennutz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Eigennutz" is [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌnʊt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Eigennutz" come from?
"Eigennutz" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.