großbürgerlich
[ˈɡʁoːsˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç]
The verdict
“großbürgerlich” 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 May 6, 2026) - Großbürger betreffend, zu ihnen gehörend, nach der Art von Großbürgern
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-burgerlich · großbürgerlich · German
großbürgerlich · 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 | großbürgerlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “großbürgerlich” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
großbürgerlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Großbürger betreffend, zu ihnen gehörend, nach der Art von Großbürgern".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for großbürgerlich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is großbürgerlich, spelled G-R-O-S-S-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Großbürger betreffend, zu ihnen gehörend, nach der Art von Großbürgern
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