draufgängerisch
[ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌɡɛŋəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“draufgängerisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zielstrebig vorgehend und dabei ein Risiko, eine Gefahr nicht scheuend
Corpus desk
Index DE-draufgangerisch · draufgängerisch · German
draufgängerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | draufgängerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌɡɛŋəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „draufgängerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
draufgängerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌɡɛŋəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zielstrebig vorgehend und dabei ein Risiko, eine Gefahr nicht scheuend".
draufgängerisch has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is draufgängerisch, spelled D-R-A-U-F-G-Ä-N-G-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1zielstrebig vorgehend und dabei ein Risiko, eine Gefahr nicht scheuend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how draufgängerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In seiner ersten Filmrolle spielte er einen draufgängerischen Privatdetektiv.
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