Onanie
[ˌonaˈniː]
The verdict
“Onanie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist manuelle Stimulation der eigenen Geschlechtsorgane für sexuellen Lustgewinn
Corpus desk
Index DE-onanie · Onanie · German
Onanie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | Onanie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌonaˈniː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Onanie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Onanie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌonaˈniː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meist manuelle Stimulation der eigenen Geschlechtsorgane für sexuellen Lustgewinn".
No misspelling variants are generated for Onanie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Onanie, spelled O-N-A-N-I-E.
Definition
- 1meist manuelle Stimulation der eigenen Geschlechtsorgane für sexuellen Lustgewinn
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Onanie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Onanie ist oft der erste Schritt zu einem erfüllten Liebesleben.
„Luther erinnert unermüdlich an das, was Paulus über das sündige Fleisch des Menschen lehrt. Der eheliche Verkehr ist für ihn nur das kleinere Übel: Besser als "die stumme Sünde" der Onanie, gesünder als das Herumhuren in Bordellen und anständiger als die "Wollüsterey" in fremden Ehebetten.“
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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.