Erfindungsgabe
[ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋsˌɡaːbə]
The verdict
“Erfindungsgabe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - persönliche Gabe oder Fähigkeit, Erfindungen machen zu können
Corpus desk
Index DE-erfindungsgabe · Erfindungsgabe · German
Erfindungsgabe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Erfindungsgabe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋsˌɡaːbə] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erfindungsgabe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erfindungsgabe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈfɪndʊŋsˌɡaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "persönliche Gabe oder Fähigkeit, Erfindungen machen zu können".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Erfindungsgabe, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Erfindungsgabe, spelled E-R-F-I-N-D-U-N-G-S-G-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1persönliche Gabe oder Fähigkeit, Erfindungen machen zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erfindungsgabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die wahre Geschichte jedoch handelt vom Triumph über das Unmögliche, von außergewöhnlicher Erfindungsgabe und vom brennenden Verlangen eines Mannes nach Unsterblichkeit.
„Siliziumprozessoren sind kleine Maschinen menschlicher Erfindungsgabe.“
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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.