yield

[jiːld]

/[jiːld]/ noun

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The verdict

“yield” is uncommon German (frequency #76,408 among 67 “Y” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,408
frequency rank, German
67
“Y” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ergebnis einer Produktion: Ertrag; Rendite, Metallgehalt, Ausgiebigkeit, Ergiebigkeit, Nachgiebigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-yield · yield · German

yield · rank #76,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,408
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 67
  • PHOTO-FINISH zauberhaftes

Nearest frequency peer: zauberhaftes (+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 „yield“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for yield
PropertyValue
Headwordyield
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[jiːld]
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,408
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „yield“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.yieldfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zauberhaftes“ (#76,409), „Wohnungseinbrüche“ (#76,405), „Zeitablauf“ (#76,411). Unter 67 „Y“-Lemmata liegt „yield“ bei #76,408. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

yield is uncommon German at frequency #76,408 among 67 “Y” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [jiːld]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ergebnis einer Produktion: Ertrag; Rendite, Metallgehalt, Ausgiebigkeit, Ergiebigkeit, Nachgiebigkeit".

No misspelling variants are generated for yield in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is yield, spelled Y-I-E-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ergebnis einer Produktion: Ertrag; Rendite, Metallgehalt, Ausgiebigkeit, Ergiebigkeit, Nachgiebigkeit

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. What is the yield per acre?

Synonyms

cropearningshaulincomeoutputproceedsproduceproductprofitreturnrevenue

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 "yield"?
"yield" is spelled Y-I-E-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is [jiːld].
What does "yield" mean?
As a noun, "yield" means: Ergebnis einer Produktion: Ertrag; Rendite, Metallgehalt, Ausgiebigkeit, Ergiebigkeit, Nachgiebigkeit
How do you pronounce "yield"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yield" is [jiːld]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yield" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zeven#76,417Wikis#76,395zwick#76,432votre#76,376

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list