Empfindung
\ɛmˈpfɪn.dʊŋ\
The verdict
“Empfindung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-empfindung · Empfindung · French
Empfindung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Empfindung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛmˈpfɪn.dʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Empfindung » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Empfindung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛmˈpfɪn.dʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Empfindung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Empfindung, spelled E-M-P-F-I-N-D-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Sensation.
- 2Ressenti, perception.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Empfindung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kühlheit der Empfindung und Schönheit der Form sind nach Bahr die beiden Hauptkennzeichen der Kunst Hofmannsthals.
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.