senilen

[zeˈniːlən]

/[zeˈniːlən]/ adj

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The verdict

“senilen” is uncommon German (frequency #89,555 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,555
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil

Corpus desk

Index DE-senilen · senilen · German

senilen · rank #89,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,555
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Semmler

Nearest frequency peer: Semmler (-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 „senilen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for senilen
PropertyValue
Headwordsenilen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[zeˈniːlən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,555
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „senilen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).senilenfällt 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: „Semmler“ (#89,554), „Seriennummern“ (#89,556), „semitischen“ (#89,553). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „senilen“ bei #89,555. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

senilen is uncommon German at frequency #89,555 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zeˈniːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for senilen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is senilen, spelled S-E-N-I-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil

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 "senilen"?
"senilen" is spelled S-E-N-I-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zeˈniːlən].
What does "senilen" mean?
As an adjective, "senilen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs senil
How do you pronounce "senilen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "senilen" is [zeˈniːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "senilen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Semmler#89,554Seiende#89,548Shibuya#89,562Seeluft#89,547

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list