eigneten

[ˈaɪ̯ɡnətn̩]

/[ˈaɪ̯ɡnətn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“eigneten” is uncommon German (frequency #82,688 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,688
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs eignen

Corpus desk

Index DE-eigneten · eigneten · German

eigneten · rank #82,688 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,688
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH eigenartiger

Nearest frequency peer: eigenartiger (-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 „eigneten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „eigneten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eigneten
PropertyValue
Headwordeigneten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯ɡnətn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,688
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „eigneten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).eignetenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „eigenartiger“ (#82,687), „einbrach“ (#82,689), „einheimsen“ (#82,691). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „eigneten“ bei #82,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eigneten is uncommon German at frequency #82,688 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯ɡnətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for eigneten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 eigneten, spelled E-I-G-N-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs eignen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs eignen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs eignen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs eignen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eigneten"?
"eigneten" is spelled E-I-G-N-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯ɡnətn̩].
What does "eigneten" mean?
As a verb, "eigneten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs eignen
How do you pronounce "eigneten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eigneten" is [ˈaɪ̯ɡnətn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eigneten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

einbrach#82,689erdachte#82,714Derwisch#82,655Estlands#82,723

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list