Exequien
[ɛˈkseːkviən]
The verdict
“Exequien” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kirchliche Begräbnisfeier; Beerdigung nach katholischem Ritus
Corpus desk
Index DE-exequien · Exequien · German
Exequien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Exequien |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛˈkseːkviən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Exequien“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Exequien is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛˈkseːkviən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kirchliche Begräbnisfeier; Beerdigung nach katholischem Ritus".
Zero misspellings are on record for Exequien in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Exequien, spelled E-X-E-Q-U-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1kirchliche Begräbnisfeier; Beerdigung nach katholischem Ritus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Exequien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Exequien finden am Donnerstag um 14 Uhr auf dem Hauptfriedhof statt.
„Dies also schien er zu glauben, […] spendete mir menschliche Trostworte und erklärte sich priesterlich bereit, Beisetzung und Exequien abhalten zu wollen, für deren Kosten aufzukommen mein Pate Schimmelpreester sich edelherzig verpflichtet hatte.“
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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.