eigentümlich
[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌtyːmlɪç]
The verdict
“eigentümlich” is uncommon German (frequency #63,249 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,249
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf bestimmte Art typisch, charakteristisch für eine Person, Sache oder Situation
Corpus desk
Index DE-eigentumlich · eigentümlich · German
eigentümlich · rank #63,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,249
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Ehrenkodex
Nearest frequency peer: Ehrenkodex (-2 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 „eigentümlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- egoistischer
egoistischer
36,756 corpus weight
- Eheleuten
Eheleuten
36,755 corpus weight
- Ehrenkodex
Ehrenkodex
36,754 corpus weight
- eigentümlich
eigentümlich
36,752 corpus weight
- Einbauten
Einbauten
36,750 corpus weight
- Einblendung
Einblendung
36,749 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „eigentümlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „eigentümlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
eigentümlich is uncommon German at frequency #63,249 among 4,632 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eigentümlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit den Worten »eigentümlich geistige Schöpfung« wird betont, daß die Persönlichkeit des Urhebers, die Einmaligkeit seines Wesens, in der Schöpfung so zum Ausdruck kommen müsse, daß auch dieser dadurch der Stempel der Einmaligkeit und der Zugehörigkeit zu ihrem Schöpfer aufgeprägt wird.“
„Ihren Namen haben die Hufeisennasen von ihrer eigentümlich geformten Schnauze.“
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eigentümlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).