deftig

[ˈdɛftɪç]

/[ˈdɛftɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“deftig” is uncommon German (frequency #54,440 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,440
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nahrhafte, gehaltvolle und gut gewürzte Speisen

Corpus desk

Index DE-deftig · deftig · German

deftig · rank #54,440 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,440
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH deckeln

Nearest frequency peer: deckeln (-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 „deftig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „deftig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for deftig
PropertyValue
Headworddeftig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈdɛftɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,440
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „deftig“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.deftigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „deckeln“ (#54,439), „Dellen“ (#54,441), „deutschnationalen“ (#54,442). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „deftig“ bei #54,440. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

deftig is uncommon German at frequency #54,440 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdɛftɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deftig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 deftig, spelled D-E-F-T-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    nahrhafte, gehaltvolle und gut gewürzte Speisen
  2. 2
    grob und direkt
  3. 3
    unangemessen hoch

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how deftig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Für die Alemannen darf bei einem richtigen Essen vor allem eins nicht fehlen: Fleisch. Denn dort, wo Alemannisch geschwätzt wird, mag man's richtig herzhaft und deftig.
  2. Typisch [in Ostwestfalen] ist eine deftige, einfache Küche und Bier.

Antonyms

fadelaschnüchternniedrig

This word in other languages

substantial(English)fuerte(Español)consistant(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deftig"?
"deftig" is spelled D-E-F-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛftɪç].
What does "deftig" mean?
As an adjective, "deftig" means: nahrhafte, gehaltvolle und gut gewürzte Speisen
How do you pronounce "deftig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deftig" is [ˈdɛftɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deftig" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "deftig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dellen#54,441Edding#54,460Breyer#54,404Blaise#54,390

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list