Idealbild
[ideˈaːlˌbɪlt]
The verdict
“Idealbild” is an uncommon German word, ranked #67,347 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,347
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Bild von einer vollkommenen, formvollendeten Sache, eines vollkommenen, formvollendeten Dinges, Tieres und/oder abstrakten Erscheinungen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Idealbild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ideˈaːlˌbɪlt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Idealbild” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Idealbild is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ideˈaːlˌbɪlt]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,347 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Idealbild doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Idealbild, spelled I-D-E-A-L-B-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1ein Bild von einer vollkommenen, formvollendeten Sache, eines vollkommenen, formvollendeten Dinges, Tieres und/oder abstrakten Erscheinungen
- 2ein Konzept einer Person darüber, wie sie sein möchte und wie sich selbst vorstellt
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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Using “Idealbild”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-D-E-A-L-B-I-L-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ideˈaːlˌbɪlt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.