jammervoll
[ˈjamɐˌfɔl]
The verdict
“jammervoll” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark jammernd, wehklagend, einen großen Schmerz ausdrückend
Corpus desk
Index DE-jammervoll · jammervoll · German
jammervoll · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jammervoll |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈjamɐˌfɔl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “jammervoll” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
jammervoll is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈjamɐˌfɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for jammervoll, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 jammervoll, spelled J-A-M-M-E-R-V-O-L-L.
Definition
- 1stark jammernd, wehklagend, einen großen Schmerz ausdrückend
- 2elend, beklagenswert, sehr schlecht
- 3ärmlich, dürftig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how jammervoll appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es war ein Schreien, zuerst erstickt und abgebrochen wie das Weinen eines Kindes, dann aber schwoll es an zu einem ununterbrochenen, durchdringenden und unheimlichen Gekreisch, das keiner menschlichen Stimme mehr zu vergleichen war – zu einem bald jammervoll klagenden, bald höhnisch johlenden Geheul, wie es nur aus der Hölle kommt, wenn das Wehklagen der…
„Ihr Wiehern klang so jammervoll und doch so schrecklich, daß man es für das Brüllen wilder Tiere hätte halten können. Sie wurden verjagt und kamen nur noch zahlreicher und wilder zurück. Alle Augenblicke tönte aus der Dunkelheit der langgezogene Todesschrei eines verirrten Soldaten herüber, den ihr wütender Galopp zermalmte.“
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