emsig

[ˈɛmzɪç]

/[ˈɛmzɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“emsig” is uncommon German (frequency #58,717 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,717
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fleißig, eifrig

Corpus desk

Index DE-emsig · emsig · German

emsig · rank #58,717 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,717
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH empirischer

Nearest frequency peer: empirischer (-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 „emsig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for emsig
PropertyValue
Headwordemsig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛmzɪç]
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,717
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „emsig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.emsigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „empirischer“ (#58,716), „Endziel“ (#58,718), „Emirat“ (#58,715). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „emsig“ bei #58,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

emsig is uncommon German at frequency #58,717 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛmzɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "fleißig, eifrig".

No misspelling variants are generated for emsig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is emsig, spelled E-M-S-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    fleißig, eifrig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Gärtnerin ist emsig wie eine Biene.
  2. Emsig sammeln die Kinder den Müll vom Schulhof auf und bringen ihn zum Hausmeister.

Antonyms

faulträgemüdepassiv

This word in other languages

industrious(English)diligente(Español)affairé(Français)

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 "emsig"?
"emsig" is spelled E-M-S-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛmzɪç].
What does "emsig" mean?
As an adjective, "emsig" means: fleißig, eifrig
How do you pronounce "emsig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emsig" is [ˈɛmzɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emsig" come from?
"emsig" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erbte#58,729drone#58,687Fibel#58,766chess#58,665

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list