gelbsüchtig
[ˈɡɛlpˌzʏçtɪç]
The verdict
“gelbsüchtig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Symptome der Gelbsucht zeigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gelbsuchtig · gelbsüchtig · German
gelbsüchtig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | gelbsüchtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡɛlpˌzʏçtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gelbsüchtig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gelbsüchtig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡɛlpˌzʏçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Symptome der Gelbsucht zeigend".
gelbsüchtig has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is gelbsüchtig, spelled G-E-L-B-S-Ü-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1Symptome der Gelbsucht zeigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gelbsüchtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach seinem Afrika-Aufenthalt war er gelbsüchtig und hatte Malaria.
Synonyms
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.