Eigensinn
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩zɪn]
The verdict
“Eigensinn” is uncommon German (frequency #68,159 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,159
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hartnäckiges Beharren auf einer Meinung oder Absicht (ohne den Rat anderer anzunehmen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigensinn · Eigensinn · German
Eigensinn · rank #68,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,159
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eifrigen
Nearest frequency peer: eifrigen (-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 „Eigensinn“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ehrenämter
Ehrenämter
31,845 corpus weight
- ehrgeiziger
ehrgeiziger
31,844 corpus weight
- eifrigen
eifrigen
31,843 corpus weight
- Eigensinn
Eigensinn
31,842 corpus weight
- eingerollt
eingerollt
31,841 corpus weight
- eingeschenkt
eingeschenkt
31,840 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eigensinn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eigensinn |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩zɪn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eigensinn“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eigensinn is uncommon German at frequency #68,159 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩zɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hartnäckiges Beharren auf einer Meinung oder Absicht (ohne den Rat anderer anzunehmen)".
Eigensinn has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Eigensinn, spelled E-I-G-E-N-S-I-N-N.
Definition
- 1hartnäckiges Beharren auf einer Meinung oder Absicht (ohne den Rat anderer anzunehmen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eigensinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er sperrte sich aus Eigensinn dagegen.
„Offensichtlich schadete diese Niederlage, die mehr römischem Eigensinn als seiner Unfähigkeit zu verdanken ist, seiner Karriere nicht.“
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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