Fremdling
[ˈfʁɛmtlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Fremdling” is uncommon German (frequency #83,977 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,977
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der an einem Ort, in einer Gruppe nicht heimisch ist, sich dort fremd fühlt
Corpus desk
Index DE-fremdling · Fremdling · German
Fremdling · rank #83,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,977
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Fremdenverkeh…
Nearest frequency peer: Fremdenverkehrs (-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 „Fremdling“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Freikirche
Freikirche
16,027 corpus weight
- Freilauf
Freilauf
16,026 corpus weight
- Fremdenverk…
Fremdenverkehrs
16,025 corpus weight
- Fremdling
Fremdling
16,024 corpus weight
- Friedenspol…
Friedenspolitik
16,022 corpus weight
- fruchtige
fruchtige
16,021 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Fremdling“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fremdling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʁɛmtlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fremdling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fremdling is uncommon German at frequency #83,977 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʁɛmtlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der an einem Ort, in einer Gruppe nicht heimisch ist, sich dort fremd fühlt".
Fremdling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fremdling, spelled F-R-E-M-D-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1jemand, der an einem Ort, in einer Gruppe nicht heimisch ist, sich dort fremd fühlt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fremdling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein merkwürdiger Fremdling ist in das alte Haus am Ende der Straße eingezogen.
Er war ein großer Science-Fiction-Fan und sein Haus stets für einen Besuch von Fremdlingen aus dem All vorbereitet.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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