furchtsam
[ˈfʊʁçtzaːm]
The verdict
“furchtsam” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Furcht erfüllt
Corpus desk
Index DE-furchtsam · furchtsam · German
furchtsam · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | furchtsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfʊʁçtzaːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „furchtsam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
furchtsam is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfʊʁçtzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Furcht erfüllt".
furchtsam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 furchtsam, spelled F-U-R-C-H-T-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1von Furcht erfüllt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how furchtsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit furchtsamen Blicken nach der Mutter, die in müder Haltung in einem Stuhl hing, schlichen die Geschwister hinaus.“
„Im Hintergrund steht die Novizin Agnes in ihrer weißen Tracht und beobachtet furchtsam, wie die Schwestern in seliger Hoffnung das Sterben erwarten.“
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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.