Flexion
[flɛˈksi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Flexion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Beugung eines Verbs (Konjugation) oder Adjektivs, Artikels, Pronomens oder Substantivs (Deklination) sowie Steigerung/Komparation der Adjektive und einiger Adverbien
Corpus desk
Index DE-flexion · Flexion · German
Flexion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Flexion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [flɛˈksi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flexion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flexion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [flɛˈksi̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Flexion in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Flexion, spelled F-L-E-X-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Beugung eines Verbs (Konjugation) oder Adjektivs, Artikels, Pronomens oder Substantivs (Deklination) sowie Steigerung/Komparation der Adjektive und einiger Adverbien
- 2Bewegung, welche den Winkel zwischen zwei Knochen eines Gelenks verringert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flexion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die charakteristischen Merkmale sind Flexion und differenziertere Satzbildung innerhalb der Parataxe.“
Die Formen „das Auto, des Autos, dem Auto …“ bezeichnet man als Flexion.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.