einkaufen
\ˈaɪ̯nˌkaʊ̯fən\
The verdict
“einkaufen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire des courses, acheter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-einkaufen · einkaufen · French
einkaufen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | einkaufen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaɪ̯nˌkaʊ̯fən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
einkaufen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaɪ̯nˌkaʊ̯fən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for einkaufen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is einkaufen, spelled E-I-N-K-A-U-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Faire des courses, acheter.
- 2(réfléchi) S’assurer au moyen d’argent de pouvoir participer à quelque chose.
- 3Engager, acheter quelqu’un, s’assurer la présence de quelqu’un au moyen d’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how einkaufen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich will mal schnell ein paar Sachen fürs Wochenende einkaufen.
Kaffee ist ein weltweit wichtiges Handelsgut. Er wird an der Rohstoffbörse in New York gehandelt, und dort zählt nur das Gesetz des Marktes: So billig wie möglich einkaufen, so teuer wie möglich verkaufen. Das geht zur Lasten der Kaffeebauern.
Antonyms
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.