finsterer

[ˈfɪnstəʁɐ]

/[ˈfɪnstəʁɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“finsterer” is uncommon German (frequency #64,267 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,267
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster

Corpus desk

Index DE-finsterer · finsterer · German

finsterer · rank #64,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,267
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Finanztransak…

Nearest frequency peer: Finanztransaktionssteuer (-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 „finsterer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for finsterer
PropertyValue
Headwordfinsterer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɪnstəʁɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#64,267
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „finsterer“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).finstererfällt 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: „Finanztransaktionssteuer“ (#64,266), „Fitnessstudios“ (#64,268), „filigran“ (#64,265). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „finsterer“ bei #64,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

finsterer is uncommon German at frequency #64,267 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɪnstəʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

finsterer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 finsterer, spelled F-I-N-S-T-E-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster

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 "finsterer"?
"finsterer" is spelled F-I-N-S-T-E-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɪnstəʁɐ].
What does "finsterer" mean?
As an adjective, "finsterer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs finster
How do you pronounce "finsterer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "finsterer" is [ˈfɪnstəʁɐ]. 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 "finsterer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fliegerei#64,269Flüsschen#64,273Fundstück#64,282Exporteur#64,249

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list