abergläubisch
[ˈaːbɐˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪʃ]
The verdict
“abergläubisch” is uncommon German (frequency #74,246 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,246
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voller Aberglauben, vom Aberglauben voll oder teilweise überzeugt
Corpus desk
Index DE-aberglaubisch · abergläubisch · German
abergläubisch · rank #74,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,246
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abbiegt
Nearest frequency peer: abbiegt (-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 „abergläubisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abbiegt
abbiegt
25,756 corpus weight
- abergläubis…
abergläubisch
25,755 corpus weight
- Abermillion…
Abermillionen
25,754 corpus weight
- Abgabetermin
Abgabetermin
25,753 corpus weight
- abgebissen
abgebissen
25,752 corpus weight
- abgeklungen
abgeklungen
25,751 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abergläubisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abergläubisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaːbɐˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪʃ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abergläubisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abergläubisch is uncommon German at frequency #74,246 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaːbɐˌɡlɔɪ̯bɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "voller Aberglauben, vom Aberglauben voll oder teilweise überzeugt".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abergläubisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abergläubisch, spelled A-B-E-R-G-L-Ä-U-B-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1voller Aberglauben, vom Aberglauben voll oder teilweise überzeugt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abergläubisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer abergläubisch ist, würde sich womöglich weigern, ein Zimmer mit der Nummer 13 in einem Hotel zu mieten.
Abergläubische Menschen gehen nicht unter Leitern durch oder pfeifen auf einer Theaterbühne.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).