großzügig
[ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡syːɡɪç]
The verdict
“großzügig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von dem, was man besitzt, gern und viel anderen gebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gro-zugig · großzügig · German
großzügig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | großzügig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡syːɡɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „großzügig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
großzügig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡʁoːsˌt͡syːɡɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
großzügig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 großzügig, spelled G-R-O-S-S-Z-Ü-G-I-G.
Definition
- 1von dem, was man besitzt, gern und viel anderen gebend
- 2etwas nicht zu genau nehmend, viel Spielraum lassend
- 3weiträumig, groß
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how großzügig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du bist ja sehr großzügig mit dem Trinkgeld.
„Selbst in den Bundesländern wird inzwischen indirekt eingeräumt, dass die Bahn in der Vergangenheit großzügig bedacht wurde.“
This word in other languages
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.