empfindsam
[ɛmˈp͡fɪntzaːm]
The verdict
“empfindsam” is uncommon German (frequency #88,858 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,858
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein feines Empfinden besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-empfindsam · empfindsam · German
empfindsam · rank #88,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,858
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Englischlehre…
Nearest frequency peer: Englischlehrerin (+2 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 „empfindsam“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- electoral
electoral
11,147 corpus weight
- empfindsam
empfindsam
11,143 corpus weight
- Englischleh…
Englischlehrerin
11,141 corpus weight
- entgleitet
entgleitet
11,140 corpus weight
- Entlein
Entlein
11,139 corpus weight
- entronnen
entronnen
11,138 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „empfindsam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empfindsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛmˈp͡fɪntzaːm] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „empfindsam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
empfindsam is uncommon German at frequency #88,858 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛmˈp͡fɪntzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein feines Empfinden besitzend".
empfindsam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is empfindsam, spelled E-M-P-F-I-N-D-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1ein feines Empfinden besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how empfindsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hatte eine sehr empfindsame Psyche.
Synonyms
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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