aberwitzig
[ˈaːbɐˌvɪt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“aberwitzig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - völlig unsinnig
Corpus desk
Index DE-aberwitzig · aberwitzig · German
aberwitzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aberwitzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaːbɐˌvɪt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aberwitzig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aberwitzig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaːbɐˌvɪt͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "völlig unsinnig".
aberwitzig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 German form is aberwitzig, spelled A-B-E-R-W-I-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1völlig unsinnig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aberwitzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wärst Du nur hier, so könntest Du selbst schauen; aber jetzt hältst Du mich gewiß für einen aberwitzigen Geisterseher.“
„Das zwischen Schwank- und Predigerton, derber Mundart, Volkslied und humanistischer Bildung eigentümlich pendelnde, vor allem zupackend realistisch und farbig erzählte Konvolut aberwitzigster Episoden gehört in die Kategorie der Schelmenromane und zählt zu seinen Vorläufern berühmte Werke wie die »La vraye histoire comique de Francion« (1623/33) von Char…
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.