i. e.
The verdict
“i. e.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das ist, das heißt
Corpus desk
Index DE-i-e · i. e. · German
i. e. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | i. e. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „i. e.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
i. e. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das ist, das heißt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for i. e., since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is i. e., spelled I-.- -E-..
Definition
- 1das ist, das heißt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how i. e. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Oft läßt es sich geschickt durch ›zwar‹ übersetzen, wenn ut (i. e. aber) darauf folgt.“
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.