Machination
[maxinaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Machination” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verborgene, unlautere Handlung, um Vorteile zu gewinnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-machination · Machination · German
Machination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Machination |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maxinaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Machination“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Machination is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maxinaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verborgene, unlautere Handlung, um Vorteile zu gewinnen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Machination in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Machination, spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1verborgene, unlautere Handlung, um Vorteile zu gewinnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Machination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„… dardurch seine längst vorgehabte Machinationen […] offentlich gestanden …“
Hauptakteure der DFG sind die Gutachterinnen und Gutachter, die Fachreferentinnen und -referenten sowie die Fachkollegiatinnen und -kollegiaten; die Veranstalter wissen anscheinend nur von den ersten beiden Gruppen und wittern üble Machinationen: Referenten könnten unkontrolliert den anonymen Gutachtern Projekte zuschustern, die dann in undurchsichtiger W…
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.