engherzig
[ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“engherzig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig
Corpus desk
Index DE-engherzig · engherzig · German
engherzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | engherzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „engherzig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
engherzig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛŋˌhɛʁt͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for engherzig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is engherzig, spelled E-N-G-H-E-R-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1kleinlich, pedantisch, nicht großzügig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how engherzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Wissenschaft belegt die volkstümliche Beschreibung jedoch: Wer engherzig ist, hat offenbar tatsächlich ein engeres Herz und engere Gefäße und erleidet daher eher einen Herzinfarkt oder Schlaganfall.
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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.