hundertjährig
[ˈhʊndɐtˌjɛːʁɪç]
The verdict
“hundertjährig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hundert Jahre alt
Corpus desk
Index DE-hundertjahrig · hundertjährig · German
hundertjährig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | hundertjährig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhʊndɐtˌjɛːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hundertjährig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hundertjährig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhʊndɐtˌjɛːʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hundertjährig, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 hundertjährig, spelled H-U-N-D-E-R-T-J-Ä-H-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1hundert Jahre alt
- 2hundert Jahre dauernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hundertjährig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der hundertjährige Nachbar geht jedes Wochenende ins Schwimmbad.
So manch einer wünscht sich ein hundertjähriges Leben.
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.