geringfügiger

[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡɐ]

/[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“geringfügiger” is uncommon German (frequency #81,596 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,596
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig

Corpus desk

Index DE-geringfugiger · geringfügiger · German

geringfügiger · rank #81,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,596
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gepresste

Nearest frequency peer: gepresste (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „geringfügiger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „geringfügiger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geringfügiger
PropertyValue
Headwordgeringfügiger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#81,596
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geringfügiger“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).geringfügigerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gepresste“ (#81,595), „geschlechtsreif“ (#81,597), „gepolstert“ (#81,594). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geringfügiger“ bei #81,596. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geringfügiger is uncommon German at frequency #81,596 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

geringfügiger has no tracked misspelling variants, 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is geringfügiger, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-F-Ü-G-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geringfügiger"?
"geringfügiger" is spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-F-Ü-G-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡɐ].
What does "geringfügiger" mean?
As an adjective, "geringfügiger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs geringfügig
How do you pronounce "geringfügiger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geringfügiger" is [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌfyːɡɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geringfügiger" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "geringfügiger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list