enlarge
[ɪnˈlaːdʒ]
The verdict
“enlarge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vergrößern, erweitern, ausdehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-enlarge · enlarge · German
enlarge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | enlarge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪnˈlaːdʒ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „enlarge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
enlarge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪnˈlaːdʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vergrößern, erweitern, ausdehnen".
enlarge has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 enlarge, spelled E-N-L-A-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1vergrößern, erweitern, ausdehnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enlarge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They need to enlarge the parking space.
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.