Einmaleins
[ˌaɪ̯nmaːlˈʔaɪ̯ns]
The verdict
“Einmaleins” is uncommon German (frequency #56,932 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,932
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das mathematische Grundwissen der Multiplikation, das in der Grundschule gelernt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-einmaleins · Einmaleins · German
Einmaleins · rank #56,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,932
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH eingingen
Nearest frequency peer: eingingen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Einmaleins”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- eingeatmet
eingeatmet
43,072 corpus weight
- eingeschnit…
eingeschnitten
43,071 corpus weight
- eingingen
eingingen
43,070 corpus weight
- Einmaleins
Einmaleins
43,069 corpus weight
- Einnahmeque…
Einnahmequellen
43,068 corpus weight
- einschläfern
einschläfern
43,066 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Einmaleins” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Einmaleins |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌaɪ̯nmaːlˈʔaɪ̯ns] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Einmaleins” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Einmaleins is uncommon German at frequency #56,932 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌaɪ̯nmaːlˈʔaɪ̯ns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Einmaleins doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Einmaleins, spelled E-I-N-M-A-L-E-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1das mathematische Grundwissen der Multiplikation, das in der Grundschule gelernt wird
- 2übertragen: das Einmaleins der/des …; die grundsätzlichen Themen eines bestimmten Fachgebietes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Einmaleins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Grundschule mussten wir das Einmaleins auswendig lernen.
„Einige Sachen muss man wirklich auswendig lernen, um geistige Werkzeuge zu haben, zum Beispiel das kleine Einmaleins.“
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); 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.