informal
[ɪnˈfɔːməl]
The verdict
“informal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entspannt und freundlich oder freundschaftlich; ohne Formalität oder Zeremonie
Corpus desk
Index DE-informal · informal · German
informal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | informal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɪnˈfɔːməl] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „informal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
informal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɪnˈfɔːməl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for informal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is informal, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1entspannt und freundlich oder freundschaftlich; ohne Formalität oder Zeremonie
- 2unter Freunden und in der Familie oder in gewöhnlichen Situationen angemessen
- 3zuhause und zur Entspannung oder im Alltag angemessen, aber zu offiziellen Anlässen untragbar
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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.