sinner

[ˈsɪnə]

/[ˈsɪnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“sinner” is uncommon German (frequency #76,172 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,172
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Sünder, die Sünderin

Corpus desk

Index DE-sinner · sinner · German

sinner · rank #76,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,172
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sinnvollsten

Nearest frequency peer: sinnvollsten (+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 „sinner“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinner
PropertyValue
Headwordsinner
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈsɪnə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,172
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sinner“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sinnerfällt 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: „sinnvollsten“ (#76,173), „sides“ (#76,170), „Sita“ (#76,174). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sinner“ bei #76,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinner is uncommon German at frequency #76,172 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsɪnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Sünder, die Sünderin".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sinner, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sinner, spelled S-I-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Sünder, die Sünderin

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

Synonyms

evildoertransgressor

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 "sinner"?
"sinner" is spelled S-I-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈsɪnə].
What does "sinner" mean?
As a noun, "sinner" means: der Sünder, die Sünderin
How do you pronounce "sinner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinner" is [ˈsɪnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinner" come from?
"sinner" 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 "sinner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Seesen#76,152satter#76,120rächte#76,114stylen#76,242

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list