Fuchsschwänzler
[ˈfʊksˌʃvɛnt͡slɐ]
The verdict
“Fuchsschwänzler” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die in übertriebener Weise jemandem Komplimente macht, Gutes über jemanden verbreitet, eventuell auch nur, um sich Wohlwollen, Zuneigung zu sichern
Corpus desk
Index DE-fuchsschwanzler · Fuchsschwänzler · German
Fuchsschwänzler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Fuchsschwänzler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfʊksˌʃvɛnt͡slɐ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fuchsschwänzler“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fuchsschwänzler is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfʊksˌʃvɛnt͡slɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die in übertriebener Weise jemandem Komplimente macht, Gutes über jemanden verbreitet, eventuell auch nur, um sich Wohlwollen, Zuneigung zu sichern".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Fuchsschwänzler in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Fuchsschwänzler, spelled F-U-C-H-S-S-C-H-W-Ä-N-Z-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die in übertriebener Weise jemandem Komplimente macht, Gutes über jemanden verbreitet, eventuell auch nur, um sich Wohlwollen, Zuneigung zu sichern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fuchsschwänzler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Redakteur des Blattes: der Fuchsschwänzler, – geht in seiner bekannten Schalkheit noch weiter, und möchte in seiner höchst witzigen Manier, die durchaus sich fast dem Klassischen anschließt, unserm Alexander alles Verdienst absprechen.“
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.