Geizigkeit
[ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Geizigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - heftiger Unwille, etwas abzugeben (zum Beispiel Geld)
Corpus desk
Index DE-geizigkeit · Geizigkeit · German
Geizigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Geizigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geizigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geizigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯t͡sɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heftiger Unwille, etwas abzugeben (zum Beispiel Geld)".
Geizigkeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geizigkeit, spelled G-E-I-Z-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1heftiger Unwille, etwas abzugeben (zum Beispiel Geld)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Geizigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die übermäßige Geizigkeit unserer Mahlzeiten, indem sie mich Hunger leiden ließ, zeigte mir List und Diebstahl als die Mittel an, um dem Ziehen meines Magens entgegenzuwirken.“
„Dabei wird immer mehr bestellt als gegessen, da leere Teller und Platten oft mit Geizigkeit des Einladenden in Verbindung gebracht werden.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.