Segnung

[ˈzeːɡnʊŋ]

/[ˈzeːɡnʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Segnung” is uncommon German (frequency #54,877 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,877
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Segnen; Segen spenden

Corpus desk

Index DE-segnung · Segnung · German

Segnung · rank #54,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,877
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sehnte

Nearest frequency peer: sehnte (+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 „Segnung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Segnung
PropertyValue
HeadwordSegnung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈzeːɡnʊŋ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Segnung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Segnungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sehnte“ (#54,878), „selektiert“ (#54,879), „selling“ (#54,880). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Segnung“ bei #54,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Segnung is uncommon German at frequency #54,877 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈzeːɡnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Segnen; Segen spenden".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Segnung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Segnung, spelled S-E-G-N-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Segnen; Segen spenden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Jede Segnung ist ein Lobpreis Gottes und eine Bitte um seinen Schutz.“

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 "Segnung"?
"Segnung" is spelled S-E-G-N-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzeːɡnʊŋ].
What does "Segnung" mean?
As a noun, "Segnung" means: das Segnen; Segen spenden
How do you pronounce "Segnung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Segnung" is [ˈzeːɡnʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Segnung" come from?
"Segnung" 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 "Segnung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

selling#54,880Simmern#54,884sitting#54,886smarten#54,889

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list