geringwertig
[ɡəˈʁɪŋˌveːɐ̯tɪç]
The verdict
“geringwertig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen geringen Wert besitzend
Corpus desk
Index DE-geringwertig · geringwertig · German
geringwertig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | geringwertig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌveːɐ̯tɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geringwertig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geringwertig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡəˈʁɪŋˌveːɐ̯tɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen geringen Wert besitzend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for geringwertig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 geringwertig, spelled G-E-R-I-N-G-W-E-R-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1einen geringen Wert besitzend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how geringwertig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Geringwertige Wirtschaftsgüter sind abnutzbare Wirtschaftsgüter des Anlagevermögens, die aufgrund ihrer geringen Anschaffungs- oder Herstellungskosten bereits im Jahr der Anschaffung oder Herstellung gänzlich abgeschrieben werden dürfen (Sofortabschreibung nach § 13 EStG).
Es bleibt offen, ob Arbeitgeber dem Arbeitnehmer auch geringwertigere Tätigkeiten zuweisen darf.
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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.