Chuzpe

/[ˈxʊt͡spə]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,021

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Chuzpe is aGermannoun. It means: dreistes Wesen oder Verhalten beziehungsweise dreiste Handlung (von unbekümmerter bis charmanter Art), ohne den nötigen Takt und Respekt und daher auf eine ungehörige und rücksichtlose Art freimüti... Pronounced [ˈxʊt͡spə].

Key facts for Chuzpe
PropertyValue
HeadwordChuzpe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈxʊt͡spə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#79,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Chuzpe in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Chuzpe is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxʊt͡spə]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,021 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Chuzpe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Chuzpe, spelled C-H-U-Z-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dreistes Wesen oder Verhalten beziehungsweise dreiste Handlung (von unbekümmerter bis charmanter Art), ohne den nötigen Takt und Respekt und daher auf eine ungehörige und rücksichtlose Art freimütig im Wesen oder Verhalten, (auf pfiffige Art) sich mit aufreizender Respektlosigkeit über die Grenzen des Taktes und des Anstandes hinwegsetzendes (und die Gefühle anderer verletzendes) Wesen oder Verhalten beziehungsweise eine derartige Handlung, anmaßende Art oder Handlung beziehungsweise anmaßendes Wesen oder Verhalten, freche Art oder Handlung beziehungsweise freches Benehmen
  2. 2
    freche, ungezogene Art oder Handlung beziehungsweise freches, ungezogenes Wesen oder Verhalten, Benehmen
  3. 3
    „anmaßender, nicht sehr kecker Mensch“

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Frequency rank: #79,021 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chuzpe"?
"Chuzpe" is spelled C-H-U-Z-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈxʊt͡spə].
What does "Chuzpe" mean?
As a noun, "Chuzpe" means: dreistes Wesen oder Verhalten beziehungsweise dreiste Handlung (von unbekümmerter bis charmanter Art), ohne den nötigen Takt und Respekt und daher auf eine ungehörige und rücksichtlose Art freimüti...
How do you pronounce "Chuzpe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chuzpe" is [ˈxʊt͡spə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chuzpe" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.