Empfänger
\ɛmˈp͡fɛŋɐ\
The verdict
“Empfänger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Destinataire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empfanger · Empfänger · French
Empfänger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Empfänger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛmˈp͡fɛŋɐ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Empfänger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Empfänger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛmˈp͡fɛŋɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Empfänger, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 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 Empfänger, spelled E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Destinataire.
- 2Récepteur.
- 3Bénéficiaire (de soutien public).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Empfänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Protokolle sind Regelwerke, nach denen Nullen und Einsen zwischen Sender und Empfänger in einem Kommunikationsnetzwerk übertragen werden.
Bis Mitte des Jahres 2023 können die Jobcenter bei Empfänger:innen von Leistungen nach dem Sozialgesetzbuch II (Hartz IV) keine 30 Prozent vom Regelsatz mehr kürzen, wenn die Arbeitslosen etwa ein Jobangebot oder eine Beschäftigungsmaßnahme ablehnen oder diese abbrechen.
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.