eigentümlich
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌtyːmlɪç]
The verdict
“eigentümlich” is uncommon German (frequency #63,249 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,249
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf bestimmte Art typisch, charakteristisch für eine Person, Sache oder Situation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eigentümlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌtyːmlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eigentümlich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
eigentümlich is uncommon German at frequency #63,249 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌtyːmlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
eigentümlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is eigentümlich, spelled E-I-G-E-N-T-Ü-M-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf bestimmte Art typisch, charakteristisch für eine Person, Sache oder Situation
- 2seltsam und merkwürdig anmutend
- 3zum Eigentum gehörend
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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Using “eigentümlich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-G-E-N-T-Ü-M-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.