Imagines

[iˈmaːɡineːs]

/[iˈmaːɡineːs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Imagines” is uncommon German (frequency #75,794 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,794
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Imago

Corpus desk

Index DE-imagines · Imagines · German

Imagines · rank #75,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,794
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH immerwährende

Nearest frequency peer: immerwährende (+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 „Imagines“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Imagines“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Imagines
PropertyValue
HeadwordImagines
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[iˈmaːɡineːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,794
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Imagines“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Imaginesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „immerwährende“ (#75,795), „Immobilienfinanzierung“ (#75,796), „IKT“ (#75,791). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Imagines“ bei #75,794. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Imagines is uncommon German at frequency #75,794 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈmaːɡineːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Imagines in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Imagines, spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Imago
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Imago
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Imago
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Imago

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Imagines"?
"Imagines" is spelled I-M-A-G-I-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [iˈmaːɡineːs].
What does "Imagines" mean?
As a noun, "Imagines" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Imago
How do you pronounce "Imagines"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Imagines" is [iˈmaːɡineːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Imagines", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Intifada#75,810hochgeht#75,767Jerichow#75,821justiert#75,831

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list