Draufgängertum
[ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌɡɛŋɐtuːm]
The verdict
“Draufgängertum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haltung, Dinge mit Elan und Mangel an Selbstkontrolle und Rücksicht anzupacken
Corpus desk
Index DE-draufgangertum · Draufgängertum · German
Draufgängertum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | Draufgängertum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌɡɛŋɐtuːm] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Draufgängertum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Draufgängertum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌɡɛŋɐtuːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haltung, Dinge mit Elan und Mangel an Selbstkontrolle und Rücksicht anzupacken".
Zero misspellings are on record for Draufgängertum in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Draufgängertum, spelled D-R-A-U-F-G-Ä-N-G-E-R-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1Haltung, Dinge mit Elan und Mangel an Selbstkontrolle und Rücksicht anzupacken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Draufgängertum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als ich seine kühle Weisheit mit meinem ungestümen Draufgängertum verglich, mußte ich zugeben, daß er würdig war, mir Lehren zu erteilen.“
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.