geringschätzig
[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sɪç]
The verdict
“geringschätzig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - jemanden oder etwas wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beimessend; abwertend
Corpus desk
Index DE-geringschatzig · geringschätzig · German
geringschätzig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | geringschätzig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geringschätzig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geringschätzig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌʃɛt͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden oder etwas wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beimessend; abwertend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geringschätzig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is geringschätzig, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-I-G.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas wenig Bedeutung und/oder Respekt beimessend; abwertend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geringschätzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bemerkenswert ist, wie geringschätzig in dem Papier über die Kirchengemeinden gesprochen wird, während kirchensoziologische Studien deren bleibende Bedeutung unterstreichen.“
„‚Sie versucht, mich genauso geringschätzig zu betrachten wie Ali meinen Vater‘, beklagte sich die Rechtsanwältin, die im Ring ohne Chance blieb.“
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.