mitfühlen
[ˈmɪtˌfyːlən]
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
- ministerial…
ministerialen
32,490 corpus weight
- missfiel
missfiel
32,489 corpus weight
- Miteinanders
Miteinanders
32,488 corpus weight
- mitentschei…
mitentscheiden
32,487 corpus weight
- mitfühlen
mitfühlen
32,486 corpus weight
- Mittelsmann
Mittelsmann
32,483 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mitfühlen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mitfühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtˌfyːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,515 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mitfühlen“ im Deutschen
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
- 1sich gefühlsmäßig in jemand anderen hineinversetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mitfühlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er fühlte mit ihr mit, als sie sich der Prüfung stellen musste.
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.
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