Findigkeit
[ˈfɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Findigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - die Eigenschaft, findig zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-findigkeit · Findigkeit · German
Findigkeit · 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 | Findigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪndɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Findigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Findigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Eigenschaft, findig zu sein".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Findigkeit, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Findigkeit, spelled F-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1die Eigenschaft, findig zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Findigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Am meisten faszinierte ihn die Findigkeit der Arbeiter beim Diebstahl.“
„Das alles soll in diesem kurzen Strich stecken, auch der für seine Tüchtigkeit, seine Findigkeit und Fertigkeit gerühmte Fischer, dem vor keinem Wetter bange war, der zu viel trank, zugleich aber über einen unstillbaren Wissensdurst verfügte.“
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.