Energie

/[enɛʁˈɡiː]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,319

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Energie is aGermannoun. It means: sowohl äußerlich erkennbare Phänomene (wie etwa Leistungsvermögen, Handlungskraft) als auch innere Vorgänge (Motivation, Gefühle und so weiter) Pronounced [enɛʁˈɡiː]. It ranks #1,319 in German word frequency. Often confused with energy and Energien.

Key facts for Energie
PropertyValue
HeadwordEnergie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[enɛʁˈɡiː]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,319
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Energie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Energie is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [enɛʁˈɡiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,319 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Energie, with forms such as "eenrgie", "enegrie", and "energei". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "energy", "Energien", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Energie, spelled E-N-E-R-G-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sowohl äußerlich erkennbare Phänomene (wie etwa Leistungsvermögen, Handlungskraft) als auch innere Vorgänge (Motivation, Gefühle und so weiter)
  2. 2
    körperliches Arbeitsvermögen eines Menschen
  3. 3
    physikalische Größe: Maß für die Fähigkeit eines Objektes, Arbeit zu verrichten
  4. 4
    ungeschaffene, von Gott ausgehende, aber auch zu Gott gehörende Energie, Wirksamkeit Gottes in dieser Welt

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eenrgie,enegrie,energei,energgie,enerige,enerrgie,ennergie,enregie,neergie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Energie

Misspelling Variants of "Energie"

eenrgie7enegrie7energei7energgie8enerige7enerrgie8ennergie8enregie7
Misspelling Variants of "Energie"

Frequency rank: #1,319 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Energie"?
"Energie" is spelled E-N-E-R-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [enɛʁˈɡiː].
What does "Energie" mean?
As a noun, "Energie" means: sowohl äußerlich erkennbare Phänomene (wie etwa Leistungsvermögen, Handlungskraft) als auch innere Vorgänge (Motivation, Gefühle und so weiter)
What words are commonly confused with "Energie"?
"Energie" is commonly confused with "energy", "Energien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Energie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Energie" is [enɛʁˈɡiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Energie" come from?
"Energie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.