genuin
[ɡenuˈiːn]
The verdict
“genuin” is uncommon German (frequency #55,353 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,353
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht durch andere Krankheiten hervorgerufen; angeboren
Corpus desk
Index DE-genuin · genuin · German
genuin · rank #55,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,353
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH gelauscht
Nearest frequency peer: gelauscht (-2 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 „genuin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gefüllter
gefüllter
44,652 corpus weight
- Geisenheim
Geisenheim
44,651 corpus weight
- gelauscht
gelauscht
44,650 corpus weight
- genuin
genuin
44,648 corpus weight
- Georgetown
Georgetown
44,646 corpus weight
- gerahmt
gerahmt
44,645 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „genuin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genuin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡenuˈiːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „genuin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
genuin is uncommon German at frequency #55,353 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡenuˈiːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for genuin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 genuin, spelled G-E-N-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1nicht durch andere Krankheiten hervorgerufen; angeboren
- 2ursprünglich, original, echt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genuin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir unterscheiden die echte, idiopathische oder genuine Epilepsie von Krankheitsfällen, in denen epileptische Zustände als gelegentliche Symptome anderer Grundkrankheiten (eines Hirntumors, einer Paralyse, einer Urämie usw.) oder als Folgen vorübergehender einmaliger Hirnschädigungen (Verletzungen, Vergiftungen u. dgl.) beobachtet werden.
Mittlerweile treten genuine, also nicht importierte, Masernerkrankungen in den Staaten Nord- und Südamerikas mit Einschluss der Karibik kaum noch auf.
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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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