Einbuße
[ˈaɪ̯nˌbuːsə]
The verdict
“Einbuße” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - völliges oder teilweises Abhandenkommen, Verlorengehen; das völlige oder teilweise Abhandengekommene, Verlorengegangene
Corpus desk
Index DE-einbu-e · Einbuße · German
Einbuße · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Einbuße |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌbuːsə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Einbuße“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Einbuße is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌbuːsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "völliges oder teilweises Abhandenkommen, Verlorengehen; das völlige oder teilweise Abhandengekommene, Verlorengegangene".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Einbuße in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Einbuße, spelled E-I-N-B-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1völliges oder teilweises Abhandenkommen, Verlorengehen; das völlige oder teilweise Abhandengekommene, Verlorengegangene
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Einbuße appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Ölpest verursacht ökologische Schäden und wirtschaftliche Einbußen.
„Seit Jahren schon, eigentlich seitdem 2007 die ersten Smartphones auf den Markt kamen, erfahren die Antiquitätenhändler schwere Einbußen.“
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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.