Emmental
[ˈɛmənˌtaːl]
The verdict
“Emmental” is uncommon German (frequency #68,175 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,175
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Region im Kanton Bern (Schweiz)
Corpus desk
Index DE-emmental · Emmental · German
Emmental · rank #68,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,175
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Emmental“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- elfjährige
elfjährige
31,828 corpus weight
- Elternhauses
Elternhauses
31,827 corpus weight
- Emmental
Emmental
31,826 corpus weight
- endloser
endloser
31,824 corpus weight
- Energiekonz…
Energiekonzerne
31,823 corpus weight
- energische
energische
31,822 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Emmental“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Emmental |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛmənˌtaːl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Emmental“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Emmental is uncommon German at frequency #68,175 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛmənˌtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Emmental, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Emmental, spelled E-M-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Region im Kanton Bern (Schweiz)
- 2Verwaltungskreis im Kanton Bern (Schweiz)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Emmental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeremias Gotthelf war zunächst Vikar, dann Pfarrer in Lützelflüh im Emmental.
Die beiden Verwaltungskreise Emmental und Oberaargau bilden zusammen die Verwaltungsregion Emmental-Oberaargau.
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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