childish
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The verdict
“childish” 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) - sich wie ein kleines Kind verhaltend, albern
Corpus desk
Index DE-childish · childish · German
childish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | childish |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „childish“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
childish is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for childish in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 childish, spelled C-H-I-L-D-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1sich wie ein kleines Kind verhaltend, albern
- 2einem Kind gleich oder ähnlich, im Zustand eines Kindes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how childish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones."
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.