einkreisen
[ˈaɪ̯nˌkʁaɪ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“einkreisen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas markieren, indem ein Kreis darum gezogen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-einkreisen · einkreisen · German
einkreisen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | einkreisen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌkʁaɪ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „einkreisen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
einkreisen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌkʁaɪ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for einkreisen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is einkreisen, spelled E-I-N-K-R-E-I-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas markieren, indem ein Kreis darum gezogen wird
- 2von allen Seiten umgeben, umstellen
- 3sich dem Kern eines Problems, einer Sache immer weiter nähern
- 4eine bislang kreisfreie Stadt mit einem Landkreis zusammenschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einkreisen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe dir die interessanten Stellenangebote eingekreist.
Das Reh wurde von den Jägern eingekreist.
Synonyms
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.