feiges

[ˈfaɪ̯ɡəs]

/[ˈfaɪ̯ɡəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“feiges” is uncommon German (frequency #75,625 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,625
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs feige

Corpus desk

Index DE-feiges · feiges · German

feiges · rank #75,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,625
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fehlschluss

Nearest frequency peer: Fehlschluss (-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 „feiges“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for feiges
PropertyValue
Headwordfeiges
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfaɪ̯ɡəs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#75,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „feiges“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).feigesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fehlschluss“ (#75,624), „Feldsalat“ (#75,626), „featuring“ (#75,623). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „feiges“ bei #75,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

feiges is uncommon German at frequency #75,625 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfaɪ̯ɡəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

feiges doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is feiges, spelled F-E-I-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs feige
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs feige
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs feige
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs feige

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 "feiges"?
"feiges" is spelled F-E-I-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfaɪ̯ɡəs].
What does "feiges" mean?
As an adjective, "feiges" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs feige
How do you pronounce "feiges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "feiges" is [ˈfaɪ̯ɡəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "feiges" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

famose#75,618facial#75,616flinke#75,644folder#75,647

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list