fragmentarisch
[fʁaɡmɛnˈtaːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“fragmentarisch” is uncommon German (frequency #69,227 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,227
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht fertiggestellt, nicht alles enthaltend, nur teilweise erhalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-fragmentarisch · fragmentarisch · German
fragmentarisch · rank #69,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,227
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH Forschungspro…
Nearest frequency peer: Forschungsprojekten (-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 „fragmentarisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Flugplätze
Flugplätze
30,777 corpus weight
- Forschungsi…
Forschungsinstituts
30,776 corpus weight
- Forschungsp…
Forschungsprojekten
30,775 corpus weight
- fragmentari…
fragmentarisch
30,774 corpus weight
- Frauenrecht…
Frauenrechtlerin
30,773 corpus weight
- Freikorps
Freikorps
30,772 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fragmentarisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fragmentarisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [fʁaɡmɛnˈtaːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #69,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fragmentarisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fragmentarisch is uncommon German at frequency #69,227 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fʁaɡmɛnˈtaːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht fertiggestellt, nicht alles enthaltend, nur teilweise erhalten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fragmentarisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is fragmentarisch, spelled F-R-A-G-M-E-N-T-A-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1nicht fertiggestellt, nicht alles enthaltend, nur teilweise erhalten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fragmentarisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Stück ist fragmentarisch und voller kleiner Bilder, wirkt völlig verwahrlost und dann wieder liebevoll wie ein Kindertheater.
Wolfgang Joop ist ein sehr bewusster Künstler, der weiß, dass sein Werk notwendigerweise fragmentarisch bleiben muss, da die Welt, die er reflektiert, zu groß und zu komplex ist, um in einem einzigen Entwurf festgehalten zu werden.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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