eitle

[ˈaɪ̯tlə]

/[ˈaɪ̯tlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“eitle” is uncommon German (frequency #70,195 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,195
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel

Corpus desk

Index DE-eitle · eitle · German

eitle · rank #70,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,195
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eismann

Nearest frequency peer: Eismann (-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 „eitle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for eitle
PropertyValue
Headwordeitle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈaɪ̯tlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,195
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „eitle“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.eitlefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Eismann“ (#70,194), „Eisenbahnlinie“ (#70,193), „Elisabeths“ (#70,197). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „eitle“ bei #70,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

eitle is uncommon German at frequency #70,195 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯tlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for eitle, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is eitle, spelled E-I-T-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel

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 "eitle"?
"eitle" is spelled E-I-T-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯tlə].
What does "eitle" mean?
As an adjective, "eitle" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs eitel
How do you pronounce "eitle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eitle" is [ˈaɪ̯tlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eitle" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "eitle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

edits#70,181evita#70,230Diode#70,156Colts#70,136

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list