fieberisch
[ˈfiːbəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“fieberisch” 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) - Fieber habend, an Fieber leidend, von Fieber ergriffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fieberisch · fieberisch · German
fieberisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | fieberisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfiːbəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fieberisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fieberisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfiːbəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fieberisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fieberisch, spelled F-I-E-B-E-R-I-S-C-H.
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 fieberisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Kanton ‚grassirten heftig typhose Fieber‘, wie die Neue Zürcher Zeitung damals berichtete. Schon fühlte sich das Genie aus Goddelau, nach eigener Auskunft ‚am Tage mit dem Scalpell und die Nacht mit den Büchern‘ beschäftigt, am 2. Februar abends ‚fieberisch zu Muthe‘.“
„Die fieberische Erkältung ging in eine Rippenfellentzündung über, sein Zustand wurde hoffnungslos.“
Antonyms
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.