Emporkömmling
[ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌkœmlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Emporkömmling” is uncommon German (frequency #98,366 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,366
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der irgendwie in kurzer Zeit zu Geld und Einfluss gekommen ist, ohne bereits als dazugehörig akzeptiert zu werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-emporkommling · Emporkömmling · German
Emporkömmling · rank #98,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,366
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH emeritierter
Nearest frequency peer: emeritierter (-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 „Emporkömmling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Eisenbahnwa…
Eisenbahnwagen
1,640 corpus weight
- Elbufer
Elbufer
1,639 corpus weight
- Emanuele
Emanuele
1,638 corpus weight
- emeritierter
emeritierter
1,637 corpus weight
- Emporkömmli…
Emporkömmling
1,635 corpus weight
- Engländers
Engländers
1,632 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Emporkömmling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Emporkömmling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌkœmlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #98,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Emporkömmling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Emporkömmling is uncommon German at frequency #98,366 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌkœmlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der irgendwie in kurzer Zeit zu Geld und Einfluss gekommen ist, ohne bereits als dazugehörig akzeptiert zu werden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Emporkömmling, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Emporkömmling, spelled E-M-P-O-R-K-Ö-M-M-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1jemand, der irgendwie in kurzer Zeit zu Geld und Einfluss gekommen ist, ohne bereits als dazugehörig akzeptiert zu werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Emporkömmling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist ein kleiner Emporkömmling, der meint, er müsse seinen Reichtum jedem auf die Nase binden.
„Ein Spottname, den der Präsident, von der Höhe seines Amtes herab, den Emporkömmlingen aus der Sechs-Parteien-Allianz »Georgischer Traum« verpasst.“
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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