einäugig
[ˈaɪ̯nˌʔɔɪ̯ɡɪç]
The verdict
“einäugig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur ein Auge besitzend; nur auf einem Auge des Sehens fähig
Corpus desk
Index DE-einaugig · einäugig · German
einäugig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | einäugig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌʔɔɪ̯ɡɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einäugig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einäugig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌʔɔɪ̯ɡɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur ein Auge besitzend; nur auf einem Auge des Sehens fähig".
einäugig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 einäugig, spelled E-I-N-Ä-U-G-I-G.
Definition
- 1nur ein Auge besitzend; nur auf einem Auge des Sehens fähig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how einäugig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zyklopen sind einäugige Riesen aus der griechischen Mythologie.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.