Meineid
\ˈmaɪ̯nˌʔaɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Meineid” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parjure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meineid · Meineid · French
Meineid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Meineid |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmaɪ̯nˌʔaɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Meineid is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmaɪ̯nˌʔaɪ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parjure.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Meineid, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Meineid, spelled M-E-I-N-E-I-D.
Definition
- 1Parjure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meineid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Anwalt des Anklagers beschuldigte öffentlich den Zeugen der Verteidigung des Meineides, was zu einem grossen Eklat führte.
Dem Verhafteten wird vorgeworfen, Göring und dessen Staatssekretär Paul Körner zur Niederschlagung eines gegen ihn - Reemtsma - gerichteten Strafverfahrens (wegen Meineid, Betrug und Anstiftung zur Untreue) mit immensen Summen bestochen zu haben.
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.