elfjährige

[ˈɛlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]

/[ˈɛlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“elfjährige” is uncommon German (frequency #68,173 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,173
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 elfjährig

Corpus desk

Index DE-elfjahrige · elfjährige · German

elfjährige · rank #68,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,173
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elternhauses

Nearest frequency peer: Elternhauses (+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 “elfjährige”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “elfjährige” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for elfjährige
PropertyValue
Headwordelfjährige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “elfjährige” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).elfjährigeliegt hier:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Elternhauses“ (#68,174), „Emmental“ (#68,175), „either“ (#68,169). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

elfjährige is uncommon German at frequency #68,173 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛlfˌjɛːʁɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for elfjährige in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is elfjährige, spelled E-L-F-J-Ä-H-R-I-G-E.

Definition

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

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list