Eloge
[eˈloːʒə]
The verdict
“Eloge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - überschwängliches Lob, Lobrede
Corpus desk
Index DE-eloge · Eloge · German
Eloge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eloge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈloːʒə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eloge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eloge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈloːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "überschwängliches Lob, Lobrede".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eloge, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Eloge, spelled E-L-O-G-E.
Definition
- 1überschwängliches Lob, Lobrede
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eloge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Redner stimmte eine Eloge auf den Gastgeber an.
„Bei Frau Karfunkelstein im Wagen machten mir die beiden Frauen große Elogen und versicherten mir, ich würde noch einmal steinreich werden mit meiner Geschäftstüchtigkeit.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.