Emmental

[ˈɛmənˌtaːl]

/[ˈɛmənˌtaːl]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Emmental“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Emmental
PropertyValue
HeadwordEmmental
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛmənˌtaːl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Emmental“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Emmentalfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Elternhauses“ (#68,174), „elfjährige“ (#68,173), „endloser“ (#68,177). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Emmental“ bei #68,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Region im Kanton Bern (Schweiz)
  2. 2
    Verwaltungskreis im Kanton Bern (Schweiz)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Emmental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jeremias Gotthelf war zunächst Vikar, dann Pfarrer in Lützelflüh im Emmental.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Emmental"?
"Emmental" is spelled E-M-M-E-N-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛmənˌtaːl].
What does "Emmental" mean?
As a noun, "Emmental" means: Region im Kanton Bern (Schweiz)
How do you pronounce "Emmental"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Emmental" is [ˈɛmənˌtaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Emmental" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list