genügsam
[ɡəˈnyːkzaːm]
The verdict
“genügsam” is uncommon German (frequency #87,746 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,746
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit wenig zufrieden seiend, keine großen Ansprüche stellend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genügsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈnyːkzaːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,746 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “genügsam” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
genügsam is uncommon German at frequency #87,746 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈnyːkzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit wenig zufrieden seiend, keine großen Ansprüche stellend".
genügsam doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is genügsam, spelled G-E-N-Ü-G-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1mit wenig zufrieden seiend, keine großen Ansprüche stellend
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-N-Ü-G-S-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.