Einholung
[ˈaɪ̯nˌhoːlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Einholung” is uncommon German (frequency #66,149 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,149
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, etwas (auch Flaggen, Anker, Personen, Informationen) zu sich zu holen
Corpus desk
Index DE-einholung · Einholung · German
Einholung · rank #66,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,149
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH einfacheres
Nearest frequency peer: einfacheres (-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 „Einholung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- eifersüchti…
eifersüchtige
33,855 corpus weight
- eincremen
eincremen
33,854 corpus weight
- einfacheres
einfacheres
33,853 corpus weight
- Einholung
Einholung
33,852 corpus weight
- einleuchten
einleuchten
33,851 corpus weight
- Eintritts
Eintritts
33,849 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Einholung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Einholung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌhoːlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Einholung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Einholung is uncommon German at frequency #66,149 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌhoːlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorgang, etwas (auch Flaggen, Anker, Personen, Informationen) zu sich zu holen".
Zero misspellings are on record for Einholung in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Einholung, spelled E-I-N-H-O-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, etwas (auch Flaggen, Anker, Personen, Informationen) zu sich zu holen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Einholung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vorn am Bug befindet sich die besonders zur Befestigung und Einholung des Ankers dienende Ankerwinde, das sog. Bratspill oder Spill, eine liegende meistens durch Handspaken gedrehte Welle.“
„Es ist auch nicht einzusehen, dass wir jeden Abend zur Einholung der Flagge antreten und dabei symbolisch durch militärischen Gruß den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika die Ehre erweisen müssen.“
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.
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