affig
[ˈafɪç]
The verdict
“affig” is uncommon German (frequency #75,337 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,337
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertrieben auf das Äußere und die Wirkung auf andere Menschen bedacht
Corpus desk
Index DE-affig · affig · German
affig · rank #75,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,337
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH administrativ…
Nearest frequency peer: administrativer (-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 „affig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- administrat…
administrativ
24,666 corpus weight
- administrat…
administrativer
24,665 corpus weight
- affig
affig
24,664 corpus weight
- Agra
Agra
24,663 corpus weight
- agua
agua
24,662 corpus weight
- Aktenkoffer
Aktenkoffer
24,661 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „affig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | affig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈafɪç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „affig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
affig is uncommon German at frequency #75,337 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈafɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
affig has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is affig, spelled A-F-F-I-G.
Definition
- 1übertrieben auf das Äußere und die Wirkung auf andere Menschen bedacht
- 2töricht in der Handlungsweise oder lächerlich im Erscheinungsbild
- 3künstlich in der Art, Gefühle zu äußern oder darzustellen
- 4im Benehmen wie ein Affe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how affig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erik Göller als affig schöner Sigismund ist ein Schrei.
Während aber Magenta und Max vor einer halben Ewigkeit mit viel Wiener Schmäh und einem mit losen Beinen baumelnden Plüsch-Taschen-Schaf ihr menschelnde "TXO"-Bleibe bezogen haben, ziehen die Traumjob-Kandidaten mit superkurzen Minis und affigem Imponiergehabe schwer bewaffnet in die Schlacht.
Synonyms
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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