Enzian
[ˈɛnt͡si̯aːn]
The verdict
“Enzian” is uncommon German (frequency #69,178 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,178
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gebirgspflanze der Gattung Gentiana aus der Familie der Enziangewächse
Corpus desk
Index DE-enzian · Enzian · German
Enzian · rank #69,178 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,178
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erbsensuppe
Nearest frequency peer: Erbsensuppe (+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 „Enzian“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- entgegenzuk…
entgegenzukommen
30,827 corpus weight
- entmutigt
entmutigt
30,826 corpus weight
- Entwicklers
Entwicklers
30,825 corpus weight
- Enzian
Enzian
30,823 corpus weight
- Erbsensuppe
Erbsensuppe
30,822 corpus weight
- erfinde
erfinde
30,820 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Enzian“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Enzian |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛnt͡si̯aːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Enzian“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Enzian is uncommon German at frequency #69,178 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛnt͡si̯aːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Enzian has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Enzian, spelled E-N-Z-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Gebirgspflanze der Gattung Gentiana aus der Familie der Enziangewächse
- 2Spirituose, die aus den Wurzeln des gelben Enzians gebrannt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Enzian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die meisten Enziane blühen blau.
Enzian schmeckt ziemlich bitter.
This word in other languages
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.
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