Eugenik
[ɔɪ̯ˈɡeːnɪk]
The verdict
“Eugenik” is uncommon German (frequency #55,299 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,299
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wissenschaft von der Erbgesundheit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Eugenik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɔɪ̯ˈɡeːnɪk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Eugenik” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Eugenik is uncommon German at frequency #55,299 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɔɪ̯ˈɡeːnɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Eugenik in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Eugenik, spelled E-U-G-E-N-I-K.
Definition
- 1Wissenschaft von der Erbgesundheit
- 2Zeugungs- und Geburtenverhinderung, sowie Tötung angeblich "minderwertiger" Menschen zum Zwecke der Verbesserung der allgemeinen Gesundheit; aktive Beeinflussung der menschlichen Evolution auf Grundlage der Rassentheorie und des Sozialdarwinismus (praktische Anwendung von [1])
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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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Using “Eugenik”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-U-G-E-N-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.