Englischkenntnisse

[ˈɛŋlɪʃˌkɛntnɪsə]

/[ˈɛŋlɪʃˌkɛntnɪsə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Englischkenntnisse” is uncommon German (frequency #56,087 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,087
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Englischkenntnis

Corpus desk

Index DE-englischkenntnisse · Englischkenntnisse · German

Englischkenntnisse · rank #56,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,087
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Engländerin

Nearest frequency peer: Engländerin (+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 „Englischkenntnisse“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Englischkenntnisse
PropertyValue
HeadwordEnglischkenntnisse
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛŋlɪʃˌkɛntnɪsə]
Letters18
Frequency rank#56,087
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Englischkenntnisse“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Engländerin“ (#56,088), „entartet“ (#56,089), „Ellipse“ (#56,084). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Englischkenntnisse“ bei #56,087. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Englischkenntnisse is uncommon German at frequency #56,087 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛŋlɪʃˌkɛntnɪsə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Englischkenntnisse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Englischkenntnisse, spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-C-H-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Englischkenntnis
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Englischkenntnis
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Englischkenntnis

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 "Englischkenntnisse"?
"Englischkenntnisse" is spelled E-N-G-L-I-S-C-H-K-E-N-N-T-N-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛŋlɪʃˌkɛntnɪsə].
What does "Englischkenntnisse" mean?
As a noun, "Englischkenntnisse" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Englischkenntnis
How do you pronounce "Englischkenntnisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Englischkenntnisse" is [ˈɛŋlɪʃˌkɛntnɪsə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Englischkenntnisse" come from?
"Englischkenntnisse" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list