Regung

[ˈʁeːɡʊŋ]

/[ˈʁeːɡʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Regung” is uncommon German (frequency #65,616 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,616
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gefühl, das man plötzlich empfindet

Corpus desk

Index DE-regung · Regung · German

Regung · rank #65,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,616
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH reicheren

Nearest frequency peer: reicheren (+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 „Regung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Regung
PropertyValue
HeadwordRegung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁeːɡʊŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,616
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Regung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Regungfällt 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: „reicheren“ (#65,617), „regelrechter“ (#65,614), „Reichspogromnacht“ (#65,618). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Regung“ bei #65,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Regung is uncommon German at frequency #65,616 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁeːɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Gefühl, das man plötzlich empfindet".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Regung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Regung, spelled R-E-G-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gefühl, das man plötzlich empfindet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In seinem Gesicht zeigte sich keinerlei Regung.

Synonyms

Empfindung

This word in other languages

emotion(English)emoción(Español)émotion(Français)

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 "Regung"?
"Regung" is spelled R-E-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁeːɡʊŋ].
What does "Regung" mean?
As a noun, "Regung" means: ein Gefühl, das man plötzlich empfindet
How do you pronounce "Regung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Regung" is [ˈʁeːɡʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Regung" come from?
"Regung" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Regung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ravens#65,609ragten#65,604Robins#65,629quinta#65,601

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list