examine
[ɪɡˈzæmɪn]
The verdict
“examine” 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) - examinieren, untersuchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-examine · examine · German
examine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | examine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪɡˈzæmɪn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „examine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
examine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪɡˈzæmɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "examinieren, untersuchen".
examine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 examine, spelled E-X-A-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1examinieren, untersuchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how examine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The place was examined by the officers.
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.