Einbildungskraft

/[ˈaɪ̯nbɪldʊŋsˌkʁaft]/ noun

Letters

16 characters

Frequency Rank

#96,886

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Einbildungskraft is aGermannoun. It means: die Fähigkeit seine Fantasie zu benutzen, innere Bilder und Gedanken zu erzeugen Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nbɪldʊŋsˌkʁaft].

Key facts for Einbildungskraft
PropertyValue
HeadwordEinbildungskraft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nbɪldʊŋsˌkʁaft]
Letters16
Frequency rank#96,886
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Einbildungskraft in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Einbildungskraft is 16 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nbɪldʊŋsˌkʁaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,886 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Fähigkeit seine Fantasie zu benutzen, innere Bilder und Gedanken zu erzeugen".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Einbildungskraft in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Einbildungskraft, spelled E-I-N-B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-K-R-A-F-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Fähigkeit seine Fantasie zu benutzen, innere Bilder und Gedanken zu erzeugen

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Frequency rank: #96,886 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Einbildungskraft"?
"Einbildungskraft" is spelled E-I-N-B-I-L-D-U-N-G-S-K-R-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nbɪldʊŋsˌkʁaft].
What does "Einbildungskraft" mean?
As a noun, "Einbildungskraft" means: die Fähigkeit seine Fantasie zu benutzen, innere Bilder und Gedanken zu erzeugen
How do you pronounce "Einbildungskraft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Einbildungskraft" is [ˈaɪ̯nbɪldʊŋsˌkʁaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Einbildungskraft" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.