Fünfling
[ˈfʏnflɪŋ]
The verdict
“Fünfling” 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) - einer von fünf zur gleichen Zeit ausgetragenen und geborenen Nachkommen der gleichen Mutter
Corpus desk
Index DE-funfling · Fünfling · German
Fünfling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Fünfling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʏnflɪŋ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fünfling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fünfling is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʏnflɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer von fünf zur gleichen Zeit ausgetragenen und geborenen Nachkommen der gleichen Mutter".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Fünfling in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Fünfling, spelled F-Ü-N-F-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1einer von fünf zur gleichen Zeit ausgetragenen und geborenen Nachkommen der gleichen Mutter
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fünfling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach der ältern Berechnung kommt auf 80 Geburten eine Zwillingsgeburt, auf 6500 eine mit Drillingen, auf 20,000 eine mit Vierlingen, und auf mehr als eine Million Geburten etwa eine mit Fünflingen […].“
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.