öffentliche Meinung
[ˌœfn̩tlɪçə ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ]
The verdict
“öffentliche Meinung” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gesamtheit in einer Gesellschaft vorherrschender Urteile zu Sachverhalten
| 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) |
Where “öffentliche Meinung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for öffentliche Meinung is 19 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌœfn̩tlɪçə ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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.
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Using “öffentliche Meinung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ö-F-F-E-N-T-L-I-C-H-E- -M-E-I-N-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌœfn̩tlɪçə ˈmaɪ̯nʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.