angustus
The verdict
“angustus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von geringen räumlichen Ausmaßen; eng, schmal
Corpus desk
Index DE-angustus · angustus · German
angustus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | angustus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „angustus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
angustus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
angustus has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is angustus, spelled A-N-G-U-S-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1von geringen räumlichen Ausmaßen; eng, schmal
- 2beschränkt, knapp zugemessen
- 3beschränkt, engherzig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how angustus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„pro multitudine autem hominum et pro gloria belli atque fortitudinis angustos se fines habere arbitrabantur, qui in longitudinem milia passuum CCXL, in latitudinem CLXXX patebant.“ (Caes. Gall. 1,2,5)
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.