Eignung
German, noun[ˈaɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]
Eignung is spelled E-I-G-N-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eignung is a German feminine noun meaning “aptitude, qualification, suitability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, passend, tauglich zu sein”.
What does Eignung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaptitude, qualification, suitability
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, passend, tauglich zu sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Eignung
- Eignungen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eignung?
- [ˈaɪ̯ɡnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Eignung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Eignung in German?
Eignung appears 3.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).