Engelmacherin
[ˈɛŋl̩ˌmaxəʁɪn]
The verdict
“Engelmacherin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Frau, die illegal Abtreibungen durchführt
Corpus desk
Index DE-engelmacherin · Engelmacherin · German
Engelmacherin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Engelmacherin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋl̩ˌmaxəʁɪn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Engelmacherin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Engelmacherin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛŋl̩ˌmaxəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Engelmacherin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Engelmacherin, spelled E-N-G-E-L-M-A-C-H-E-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1eine Frau, die illegal Abtreibungen durchführt
- 2eine Frau, die Kinder in Pflege hat und diese so unzureichend versorgt, dass sie bald sterben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Engelmacherin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenige Jahrzehnte zuvor riskierte eine Frau, die illegal abtrieb, die Todesstrafe: Während des Vichy-Regimes war eine so genannte Engelmacherin unter der Guillotine hingerichtet worden.“
„Die Engelmacherin Waldrut Mergenin half einer großen Anzahl Schwangeren im Rheinland bei der Lösung ihrer Probleme.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.