fingerprint

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The verdict

“fingerprint” is uncommon German (frequency #91,583 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,583
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fingerabdruck

Corpus desk

Index DE-fingerprint · fingerprint · German

fingerprint · rank #91,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,583
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Finanziers

Nearest frequency peer: Finanziers (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fingerprint“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fingerprint“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fingerprint
PropertyValue
Headwordfingerprint
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters11
Frequency rank#91,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fingerprint“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fingerprintfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Finanziers“ (#91,582), „Finanzexperten“ (#91,581), „fino“ (#91,585). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fingerprint“ bei #91,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fingerprint is uncommon German at frequency #91,583 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fingerabdruck".

Zero misspellings are on record for fingerprint in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fingerprint, spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-P-R-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fingerabdruck

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fingerprint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Law enforcement officials arrested Chappell at a Robin Street residence in Providence on Nov. 18. The defendant denied being Chappell at the time, but police confirmed his identity with fingerprints."

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fingerprint"?
"fingerprint" is spelled F-I-N-G-E-R-P-R-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "fingerprint" mean?
As a noun, "fingerprint" means: Fingerabdruck
How do you pronounce "fingerprint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fingerprint" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fingerprint", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

florierende#91,590Farbwechsel#91,571etruskische#91,560Etappenziel#91,555

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list