Eminenz
[emiˈnɛnt͡s]
The verdict
“Eminenz” is uncommon German (frequency #57,801 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,801
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Würdentitel und protokollarische Anrede der Kardinäle der römisch-katholischen Kirche und altorientalischer Bischöfe; Anrede als Seine Eminenz
Corpus desk
Index DE-eminenz · Eminenz · German
Eminenz · rank #57,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,801
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Empfangs
Nearest frequency peer: Empfangs (+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 „Eminenz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- einläuten
einläuten
42,204 corpus weight
- Einsendung
Einsendung
42,202 corpus weight
- Eminenz
Eminenz
42,200 corpus weight
- Empfangs
Empfangs
42,199 corpus weight
- Endlichkeit
Endlichkeit
42,198 corpus weight
- Endspiele
Endspiele
42,196 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Eminenz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eminenz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [emiˈnɛnt͡s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eminenz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eminenz is uncommon German at frequency #57,801 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [emiˈnɛnt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Eminenz in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Eminenz, spelled E-M-I-N-E-N-Z.
Definition
- 1Würdentitel und protokollarische Anrede der Kardinäle der römisch-katholischen Kirche und altorientalischer Bischöfe; Anrede als Seine Eminenz
- 2eine solche Person, Kardinal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eminenz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Eminenz Walter Kardinal Kasper bekam den Ehrendoktor verliehen.
„Seine Eminenz speiste allein mit mir und gab sich betont gütig; ich legte die größte Befriedigung an den Tag, denn meine Eigenliebe war stärker als mein Kummer und erlaubte mir nicht, den Beobachtern den geringsten Grund zur Annahme zu geben, ich sei in Ungnade gefallen.“
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); 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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