folgsam

[ˈfɔlkzaːm]

/[ˈfɔlkzaːm]/ adj

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The verdict

“folgsam” is uncommon German (frequency #81,548 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,548
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bereit zu folgen, sich fügend

Corpus desk

Index DE-folgsam · folgsam · German

folgsam · rank #81,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,548
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Flächenverbra…

Nearest frequency peer: Flächenverbrauch (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “folgsam”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “folgsam” sits against similarly uncommon German ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for folgsam
PropertyValue
Headwordfolgsam
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɔlkzaːm]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “folgsam” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.folgsamliegt hier:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Flächenverbrauch“ (#81,547), „Forschungslabor“ (#81,549), „Flusslauf“ (#81,546). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

folgsam is uncommon German at frequency #81,548 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɔlkzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bereit zu folgen, sich fügend".

Zero misspellings are on record for folgsam in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 folgsam, spelled F-O-L-G-S-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    bereit zu folgen, sich fügend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how folgsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Mädchen sind immer folgsam und deswegen dürfen sie wiederkommen.

Synonyms

gehorsamgesittetartig

Antonyms

unfolgsamstörrischwiderspenstig

This word in other languages

compliant(English)dócil(Español)docile(Français)obediente(Português)

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 "folgsam"?
"folgsam" is spelled F-O-L-G-S-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔlkzaːm].
What does "folgsam" mean?
As an adjective, "folgsam" means: bereit zu folgen, sich fügend
How do you pronounce "folgsam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "folgsam" is [ˈfɔlkzaːm]. 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 "folgsam", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

flippen#81,541funding#81,559Gaswerk#81,571experts#81,522

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list