Informationsgehalt

[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌhalt]

/[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌhalt]/ noun

The verdict

“Informationsgehalt” is uncommon German (frequency #69,379 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,379
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anteil, der informativ ist, aus dem Informationen gewonnen werden können

Corpus desk

Index DE-informationsgehalt · Informationsgehalt · German

Informationsgehalt · rank #69,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,379
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Infiltration

Nearest frequency peer: Infiltration (-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 „Informationsgehalt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Informationsgehalt
PropertyValue
HeadwordInformationsgehalt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌhalt]
Letters18
Frequency rank#69,379
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Informationsgehalt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Informationsgehaltfällt 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: „Infiltration“ (#69,378), „Insiderwissen“ (#69,380), „immatrikuliert“ (#69,377). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Informationsgehalt“ bei #69,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Informationsgehalt is uncommon German at frequency #69,379 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌhalt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anteil, der informativ ist, aus dem Informationen gewonnen werden können".

Informationsgehalt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Informationsgehalt, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S-G-E-H-A-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anteil, der informativ ist, aus dem Informationen gewonnen werden können

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Informationsgehalt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Bei dem Hinweis auf diese Darstellungen lässt Zamacona erstmals die von Bestürzung, jedoch auch von einer gewissen Ehrfurcht bestimmte Zurückhaltung erkennen, die den Rest seines Manuskripts durchziehen wird und dessen Informationsgehalt schmälert.“

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 "Informationsgehalt"?
"Informationsgehalt" is spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N-S-G-E-H-A-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌhalt].
What does "Informationsgehalt" mean?
As a noun, "Informationsgehalt" means: Anteil, der informativ ist, aus dem Informationen gewonnen werden können
How do you pronounce "Informationsgehalt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Informationsgehalt" is [ɪnfɔʁmaˈt͡si̯oːnsɡəˌhalt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Informationsgehalt" come from?
"Informationsgehalt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 18 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list