fieberig
[ˈfiːbəʁɪç]
The verdict
“fieberig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fieber habend, an Fieber leidend, von Fieber ergriffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fieberig · fieberig · German
fieberig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fieberig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfiːbəʁɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fieberig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fieberig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfiːbəʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fieberig in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 fieberig, spelled F-I-E-B-E-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1Fieber habend, an Fieber leidend, von Fieber ergriffen
- 2gleichzeitig mit Fieber auftretend, vorkommend; von Fieber begleitet
- 3auf Fieber deutend, schließen lassend, mit Symptomen von Fieber einhergehend
- 4(in Erwartung von etwas) sich (wie im Fieberrausch) in einem Zustand hektischer Erregung, nervöser Unruhe befindend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fieberig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fieberig wurde ihm.“
„Joyce hatte sich wegen seines Augenleidens, das er sich, möglicherweise als Folge eines fieberigen Rheumatismus, in Triest zugezogen hatte, mehrere Male operieren lassen müssen.“
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.