Einwurf
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#26,842
in German word usage
Misspellings
10
tracked variants
Confusables
1
similar word pairs
Einwurf is aGermannoun. It means: regelkonformer Wurf eines Fußballs, Handballs, Basketballs oder Pucks beim Eishockey in das unterbrochene Spiel Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌvʊʁf]. Often confused with Entwurf.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Einwurf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nˌvʊʁf] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,842 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Einwurf is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nˌvʊʁf]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,842 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Einwurf, with forms such as "einnwurf", "einuwrf", and "einwruf". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Entwurf", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Einwurf, spelled E-I-N-W-U-R-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1regelkonformer Wurf eines Fußballs, Handballs, Basketballs oder Pucks beim Eishockey in das unterbrochene Spiel
- 2Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes in eine dafür vorgesehene Öffnung
- 3Öffnung für das Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes
- 4Öffnung für das Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes
- 5Öffnung für das Einwerfen eines Gegenstandes
- 6(spontane) Zwischenbemerkung bei einer Diskussion
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: einnwurf,einuwrf,einwruf,einwufr,einwurff,einwurrf,einwwurf,eiwnurf,eniwurf,ienwurf
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
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Misspelling Variants of "Einwurf"
Frequency rank: #26,842 in German
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Nearby German words
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