eingraben

[ˈaɪ̯nˌɡʁaːbn̩]

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌɡʁaːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“eingraben” is uncommon German (frequency #86,403 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,403
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unter die Erde bringen, in der Erde vergraben/verankern

Corpus desk

Index DE-eingraben · eingraben · German

eingraben · rank #86,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,403
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH eingeebnet

Nearest frequency peer: eingeebnet (-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 „eingraben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eingraben
PropertyValue
Headwordeingraben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌɡʁaːbn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „eingraben“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).eingrabenfällt 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: „eingeebnet“ (#86,402), „einkalkulieren“ (#86,404), „eingedenk“ (#86,401). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „eingraben“ bei #86,403. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eingraben is uncommon German at frequency #86,403 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡʁaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for eingraben in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is eingraben, spelled E-I-N-G-R-A-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    unter die Erde bringen, in der Erde vergraben/verankern
  2. 2
    eine Oberfläche durch Druck deformieren, eine Spur hinterlassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how eingraben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Du solltest den Müll nicht eingraben, sondern zur Müllstation fahren!
  2. Wir können den Betonpfeiler bis zur Hälfte eingraben, dann hat er noch mehr Stabilität.

Antonyms

ausgraben

This word in other languages

bury(English)enterrar(Español)

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 "eingraben"?
"eingraben" is spelled E-I-N-G-R-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡʁaːbn̩].
What does "eingraben" mean?
As a verb, "eingraben" means: unter die Erde bringen, in der Erde vergraben/verankern
How do you pronounce "eingraben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eingraben" is [ˈaɪ̯nˌɡʁaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eingraben" come from?
"eingraben" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

eingedenk#86,401einfüllen#86,400Eigenname#86,399einsacken#86,409

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list