feign
[feɪn]
The verdict
“feign” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (eine Krankheit) vortäuschen, simulieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-feign · feign · German
feign · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | feign |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [feɪn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „feign“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
feign is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [feɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
feign doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is feign, spelled F-E-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1(eine Krankheit) vortäuschen, simulieren
- 2(eine Ausrede) erfinden
- 3sich verstellen, so tun als ob, simulieren
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.