um seinetwillen
[ʊm ˈzaɪ̯nətˌvɪlən]
The verdict
“um seinetwillen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ihm zuliebe, aus Gründen der Rücksichtnahme auf ihn/es
Corpus desk
Index DE-um-seinetwillen · um seinetwillen · German
um seinetwillen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | um seinetwillen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʊm ˈzaɪ̯nətˌvɪlən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „um seinetwillen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
um seinetwillen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ʊm ˈzaɪ̯nətˌvɪlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ihm zuliebe, aus Gründen der Rücksichtnahme auf ihn/es".
um seinetwillen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is um seinetwillen, spelled U-M- -S-E-I-N-E-T-W-I-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1ihm zuliebe, aus Gründen der Rücksichtnahme auf ihn/es
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how um seinetwillen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petra hat morgen frei, aber ihr Mann muss leider arbeiten; um seinetwillen geht sie auch nicht zum Skifahren, sondern bringt inzwischen den Haushalt auf Vordermann.
Petra hätte morgen Zeit, aber ihr Kind hat Schule; um seinetwillen geht sie auch nicht zum Skifahren, sondern kocht ihrem Nachwuchs was Leckeres und verbringt den Nachmittag mit ihm.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.