Eigensucht
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Eigensucht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haltung, die darauf aus ist, sich selbst immer zuerst zu berücksichtigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigensucht · Eigensucht · German
Eigensucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eigensucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eigensucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eigensucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haltung, die darauf aus ist, sich selbst immer zuerst zu berücksichtigen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Eigensucht, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Eigensucht, spelled E-I-G-E-N-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Haltung, die darauf aus ist, sich selbst immer zuerst zu berücksichtigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eigensucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da gab es die Gruppe der Querulanten, deren Eigensucht sich auf unwürdige Weise hintangesetzt fühlte.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.