Eiger
[ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ]
The verdict
“Eiger” is uncommon German (frequency #74,506 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,506
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Berg in den Berner Alpen mit einer Höhe von 3967 m
Corpus desk
Index DE-eiger · Eiger · German
Eiger · rank #74,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,506
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ehrenwerten
Nearest frequency peer: ehrenwerten (-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 „Eiger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ehrenrunde
Ehrenrunde
25,498 corpus weight
- ehrenwerte
ehrenwerte
25,497 corpus weight
- ehrenwerten
ehrenwerten
25,496 corpus weight
- Eiger
Eiger
25,495 corpus weight
- Eindringlin…
Eindringlingen
25,494 corpus weight
- eingerückt
eingerückt
25,493 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eiger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eiger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eiger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eiger is uncommon German at frequency #74,506 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Berg in den Berner Alpen mit einer Höhe von 3967 m".
Eiger 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Eiger, spelled E-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Berg in den Berner Alpen mit einer Höhe von 3967 m
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Eiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Eiger wurde erstmals 1858 über die Weltflanke bestiegen.
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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