Einzelkind
[ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌkɪnt]
The verdict
“Einzelkind” is an uncommon German word, ranked #56,079 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,079
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kind oder Jugendlicher ohne Geschwister
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Einzelkind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌkɪnt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Einzelkind” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Einzelkind is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌkɪnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,079 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Kind oder Jugendlicher ohne Geschwister".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Einzelkind, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Einzelkind, spelled E-I-N-Z-E-L-K-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Kind oder Jugendlicher ohne Geschwister
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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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Using “Einzelkind”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-I-N-Z-E-L-K-I-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌkɪnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.