habgierig
[ˈhaːpˌɡiːʁɪç]
The verdict
“habgierig” 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) - stark am materiellen Besitz interessiert
Corpus desk
Index DE-habgierig · habgierig · German
habgierig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | habgierig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaːpˌɡiːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „habgierig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
habgierig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaːpˌɡiːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stark am materiellen Besitz interessiert".
No misspelling variants are generated for habgierig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is habgierig, spelled H-A-B-G-I-E-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1stark am materiellen Besitz interessiert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how habgierig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wie habgierig wollen wir noch werden?
„Der Bösewicht ist der habgierige Wilderer, der Nashörnern, Elefanten oder Tigern nachstellt, um aus ihnen Trophäen oder irgendeine obskure medizinische Zutat zu machen.“
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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.