einschüchternd

[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʏçtɐnt]

/[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʏçtɐnt]/ verb

The verdict

“einschüchternd” is uncommon German (frequency #88,850 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,850
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs einschüchtern

Corpus desk

Index DE-einschuchternd · einschüchternd · German

einschüchternd · rank #88,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,850
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH einwöchige

Nearest frequency peer: einwöchige (+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 „einschüchternd“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for einschüchternd
PropertyValue
Headwordeinschüchternd
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʏçtɐnt]
Letters14
Frequency rank#88,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „einschüchternd“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).einschüchterndfällt 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: „einwöchige“ (#88,851), „eingeschalteten“ (#88,848), „einzuweihen“ (#88,852). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „einschüchternd“ bei #88,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

einschüchternd is uncommon German at frequency #88,850 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʏçtɐnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs einschüchtern".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for einschüchternd, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is einschüchternd, spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Präsens des Verbs einschüchtern

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 "einschüchternd"?
"einschüchternd" is spelled E-I-N-S-C-H-Ü-C-H-T-E-R-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʏçtɐnt].
What does "einschüchternd" mean?
As a verb, "einschüchternd" means: Partizip Präsens des Verbs einschüchtern
How do you pronounce "einschüchternd"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "einschüchternd" is [ˈaɪ̯nˌʃʏçtɐnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "einschüchternd" come from?
"einschüchternd" 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 "einschüchternd", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list