cholerisch
[koˈleːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“cholerisch” 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) - leicht reizbar, aufbrausend
Corpus desk
Index DE-cholerisch · cholerisch · German
cholerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cholerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [koˈleːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cholerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cholerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [koˈleːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "leicht reizbar, aufbrausend".
cholerisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is cholerisch, spelled C-H-O-L-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1leicht reizbar, aufbrausend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cholerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mein Chef ist vielleicht ein cholerischer Typ!
„Noch lange nach seinem Tod hing ihm der Ruf eines cholerischen Pedanten an.“
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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.