Gefühlsduselei
[ɡəˈfyːlsduːzəˌlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Gefühlsduselei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - übertriebene Hingabe an (zum Beispiel) traurige Gefühle und Handlungen; überzogene Sentimentalität
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Index DE-gefuhlsduselei · Gefühlsduselei · German
Gefühlsduselei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Gefühlsduselei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈfyːlsduːzəˌlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gefühlsduselei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gefühlsduselei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈfyːlsduːzəˌlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "übertriebene Hingabe an (zum Beispiel) traurige Gefühle und Handlungen; überzogene Sentimentalität".
No misspelling variants are generated for Gefühlsduselei in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Gefühlsduselei, spelled G-E-F-Ü-H-L-S-D-U-S-E-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1übertriebene Hingabe an (zum Beispiel) traurige Gefühle und Handlungen; überzogene Sentimentalität
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gefühlsduselei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nun hör aber mal auf zu weinen! Ich kann diese Gefühlsduselei nicht ausstehen!
Der Film besitzt neben den einzelnen Kampfszenen aber auch ziemlich viele Gefühlsduseleien.
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.