subject

Name: subject, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/[…]/ adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“subject” is an uncommon German word, ranked #50,914 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#50,914
frequency rank, German: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einer Gewalt, Autorität, Verpflichtung untergeordnet, unterworfen; von etwas betroffen (zum Beispiel einer Krankheit); einem anderen Umstand nachfolgend, nachgeordnet

Key facts for subject
Property	Value
Headword	subject
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[…]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#50,914
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “subject” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). subject lands here:

#50,914

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for subject is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,914 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for subject in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is subject, spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T.

Definition

1
einer Gewalt, Autorität, Verpflichtung untergeordnet, unterworfen; von etwas betroffen (zum Beispiel einer Krankheit); einem anderen Umstand nachfolgend, nachgeordnet
2
unter der politischen Kontrolle eines anderen Staates

Synonyms

conditionalliable prone dependentunfree

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 "subject"?

"subject" is spelled S-U-B-J-E-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "subject" mean?

As an adjective, "subject" means: einer Gewalt, Autorität, Verpflichtung untergeordnet, unterworfen; von etwas betroffen (zum Beispiel einer Krankheit); einem anderen Umstand nachfolgend, nachgeordnet

How do you pronounce "subject"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subject" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "subject" come from?

"subject" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “subject”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-U-B-J-E-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.