ergötzlich
[ɛɐ̯ˈɡœt͡slɪç]
The verdict
“ergötzlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in unterhaltsamer Art und Weise Gefallen/Vergnügen bereitend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ergotzlich · ergötzlich · German
ergötzlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | ergötzlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈɡœt͡slɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “ergötzlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
ergötzlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈɡœt͡slɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in unterhaltsamer Art und Weise Gefallen/Vergnügen bereitend".
ergötzlich has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ergötzlich, spelled E-R-G-Ö-T-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in unterhaltsamer Art und Weise Gefallen/Vergnügen bereitend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ergötzlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[Gustave] Flauberts liebster Philosoph war [Michel de] Montaigne, weil er seine Philosophie über die Eigentümlichkeiten und Gewohnheiten des Menschen nicht in begrifflicher Abstraktion dargeboten, sondern erzählt hat, und zwar ‚ergötzlich‘, wie Flaubert bemerkt, ‚seine Sätze haben Fleisch und Blut‘.“
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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.
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