Reinkarnation

[ˌʁeʔɪnkaʁnaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ˌʁeʔɪnkaʁnaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Reinkarnation” is uncommon German (frequency #50,830 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,830
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erneuter Übergang der Seele nach dem Sterben des Körpers zu einem materiellen Wesen; Wiedergeburt

Corpus desk

Index DE-reinkarnation · Reinkarnation · German

Reinkarnation · rank #50,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,830
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH releases

Nearest frequency peer: releases (+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 „Reinkarnation“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reinkarnation
PropertyValue
HeadwordReinkarnation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌʁeʔɪnkaʁnaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,830
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Reinkarnation“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Reinkarnationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „releases“ (#50,831), „Rennstall“ (#50,832), „Reflektoren“ (#50,827). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Reinkarnation“ bei #50,830. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reinkarnation is uncommon German at frequency #50,830 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʁeʔɪnkaʁnaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Reinkarnation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Reinkarnation, spelled R-E-I-N-K-A-R-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erneuter Übergang der Seele nach dem Sterben des Körpers zu einem materiellen Wesen; Wiedergeburt
  2. 2
    Individuum, das durch die Wiedergeburt [1] mit einer Seele eines bereits verstorbenen Menschen geboren wurde

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Seine Seele ist durch eine Reinkarnation wiederbelebt worden.
  2. „In den meisten Fassungen der Loreleysage haben die Dichter Loreleys Wiedergeburt einfach übergangen, wahrscheinlich weil das Thema Reinkarnation nicht in das christliche Weltbild der damaligen Zeit paßte.“

Synonyms

MetempsychoseSeelenwanderungTransmigrationWiederfleischwerdungWiedergeburtWiederverkörperung

Antonyms

ExkarnationTod

This word in other languages

metempsychosis(English)reencarnación(Español)métempsychose(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 "Reinkarnation"?
"Reinkarnation" is spelled R-E-I-N-K-A-R-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʁeʔɪnkaʁnaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Reinkarnation" mean?
As a noun, "Reinkarnation" means: erneuter Übergang der Seele nach dem Sterben des Körpers zu einem materiellen Wesen; Wiedergeburt
How do you pronounce "Reinkarnation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reinkarnation" is [ˌʁeʔɪnkaʁnaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reinkarnation" come from?
"Reinkarnation" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list