mitfühlen

[ˈmɪtˌfyːlən]

/[ˈmɪtˌfyːlən]/ verb

The verdict

“mitfühlen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,515 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,515
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich gefühlsmäßig in jemand anderen hineinversetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mitfuhlen · mitfühlen · German

mitfühlen · rank #67,515 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,515
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitentscheiden

Nearest frequency peer: mitentscheiden (-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 „mitfühlen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitfühlen
PropertyValue
Headwordmitfühlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɪtˌfyːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,515
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mitfühlen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).mitfühlenfällt 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: „mitentscheiden“ (#67,514), „Miteinanders“ (#67,513), „missfiel“ (#67,512). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mitfühlen“ bei #67,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitfühlen is uncommon German at frequency #67,515 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɪtˌfyːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich gefühlsmäßig in jemand anderen hineinversetzen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mitfühlen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mitfühlen, spelled M-I-T-F-Ü-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich gefühlsmäßig in jemand anderen hineinversetzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er fühlte mit ihr mit, als sie sich der Prüfung stellen musste.
  2. Die Schwester hatte eine liebevolle und mitfühlende Art, den Patienten zu begegnen.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mitfühlen"?
"mitfühlen" is spelled M-I-T-F-Ü-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtˌfyːlən].
What does "mitfühlen" mean?
As a verb, "mitfühlen" means: sich gefühlsmäßig in jemand anderen hineinversetzen
How do you pronounce "mitfühlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitfühlen" is [ˈmɪtˌfyːlən]. 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 "mitfühlen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list