öffentliche Meinung
[ˌœfn̩tlɪçə ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ]
The verdict
“öffentliche Meinung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit in einer Gesellschaft vorherrschender Urteile zu Sachverhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-offentliche-meinung · öffentliche Meinung · German
öffentliche Meinung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ö" 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 | öffentliche Meinung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌœfn̩tlɪçə ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „öffentliche Meinung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
öffentliche Meinung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌœfn̩tlɪçə ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit in einer Gesellschaft vorherrschender Urteile zu Sachverhalten".
Zero misspellings are on record for öffentliche Meinung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is öffentliche Meinung, spelled Ö-F-F-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E- -M-E-I-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Gesamtheit in einer Gesellschaft vorherrschender Urteile zu Sachverhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how öffentliche Meinung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die europäische öffentliche Meinung sollte in dieser Situation wenigstens teilweise das bewirken, was der Politik der Kabinette zunehmend weniger gelang.“
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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.