emergent
[emɛʁˈɡɛnt]
The verdict
“emergent” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unerwartet neu auftretend, plötzlich aufbrechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-emergent · emergent · German
emergent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | emergent |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [emɛʁˈɡɛnt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „emergent“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
emergent is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [emɛʁˈɡɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unerwartet neu auftretend, plötzlich aufbrechend".
Zero misspellings are on record for emergent in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is emergent, spelled E-M-E-R-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1unerwartet neu auftretend, plötzlich aufbrechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emergent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Emergenz […] ist die spontane Herausbildung von Phänomenen oder Strukturen auf der Makroebene eines Systems auf der Grundlage des Zusammenspiels seiner Elemente. Dabei lassen sich die emergenten Eigenschaften des Systems nicht offensichtlich auf Eigenschaften der Elemente zurückführen, die diese isoliert aufweisen.
Der auf Aristoteles zurückgehende Satz „Das Ganze ist mehr als die Summe seiner Teile.“ beschreibt sehr gut das Auftreten emergenter Phänomene.
This word in other languages
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