faltig

[ˈfaltɪç]

/[ˈfaltɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“faltig” is uncommon German (frequency #87,678 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,678
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Falten durchzogen, zerknittert

Corpus desk

Index DE-faltig · faltig · German

faltig · rank #87,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,678
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fahrgeschwind…

Nearest frequency peer: Fahrgeschwindigkeit (-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 „faltig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for faltig
PropertyValue
Headwordfaltig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfaltɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,678
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „faltig“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).faltigfällt 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: „Fahrgeschwindigkeit“ (#87,677), „familienfreundlichen“ (#87,679), „Fanblock“ (#87,680). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „faltig“ bei #87,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

faltig is uncommon German at frequency #87,678 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfaltɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for faltig in our index, 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 carries no recorded etymology, 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 faltig, spelled F-A-L-T-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Falten durchzogen, zerknittert
  2. 2
    Runzeln habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Beim Bügeln musst Du das Hemd auf dem Brett ganz glattziehen. Wie sieht das sonst aus: ganz faltig und zerknittert.
  2. Crystal-Abhängige sehen auch so alt aus. Sie magern ab, die Haut wird faltig, die Augen fallen ein.

Synonyms

knitterigrunzelig

Antonyms

faltenfreifaltenlos

This word in other languages

creased(English)

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 "faltig"?
"faltig" is spelled F-A-L-T-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaltɪç].
What does "faltig" mean?
As an adjective, "faltig" means: von Falten durchzogen, zerknittert
How do you pronounce "faltig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "faltig" is [ˈfaltɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Favela#87,684exotic#87,671except#87,668Euklid#87,667

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list