Folgsamkeit
[ˈfɔlkzaːmkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Folgsamkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft/Verhalten, Anordnungen zu befolgen
Corpus desk
Index DE-folgsamkeit · Folgsamkeit · German
Folgsamkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Folgsamkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔlkzaːmkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Folgsamkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Folgsamkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔlkzaːmkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft/Verhalten, Anordnungen zu befolgen".
Folgsamkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Folgsamkeit, spelled F-O-L-G-S-A-M-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Verhalten, Anordnungen zu befolgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Folgsamkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Schließlich klatschte Priese mehrmals in die Hände, worauf sich der ganze Trupp in disziplinierter Folgsamkeit wieder hinab in den Maschinenraum begab.“
„Entscheidend dafür, dass die Zahl der ermordeten Juden in keinem anderen westlichen Land so hoch war, waren Effizienz und Folgsamkeit der niederländischen Behörden.“
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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.