Fliegengewicht
[ˈfliːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt]
The verdict
“Fliegengewicht” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewichtsklasse für Sportler im Boxen und Gewichtheben
Corpus desk
Index DE-fliegengewicht · Fliegengewicht · German
Fliegengewicht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Fliegengewicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfliːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fliegengewicht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fliegengewicht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfliːɡn̩ɡəˌvɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Fliegengewicht, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fliegengewicht, spelled F-L-I-E-G-E-N-G-E-W-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Gewichtsklasse für Sportler im Boxen und Gewichtheben
- 2jemand, der der Gewichtsklasse Fliegengewicht angehört
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fliegengewicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fliegengewicht war früher seine Gewichtsklasse.
This word in other languages
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.