kiesig
[ˈkiːzɪç]
The verdict
“kiesig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Kieseln (Kieselsteinen) bedeckt
Corpus desk
Index DE-kiesig · kiesig · German
kiesig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kiesig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkiːzɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kiesig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kiesig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkiːzɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Kieseln (Kieselsteinen) bedeckt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kiesig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 kiesig, spelled K-I-E-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1mit Kieseln (Kieselsteinen) bedeckt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kiesig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Weg ist kiesig.
Das kiesige Flussbett kann man klar erkennen.
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.