gebührlich
[ɡəˈbyːɐ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“gebührlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - so wie es gebührt
Corpus desk
Index DE-gebuhrlich · gebührlich · German
gebührlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gebührlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈbyːɐ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gebührlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gebührlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈbyːɐ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so wie es gebührt".
No misspelling variants are generated for gebührlich in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 gebührlich, spelled G-E-B-Ü-H-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so wie es gebührt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gebührlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie bereiteten ihnen einen gebührlichen Empfang.
Antonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.