klobig
[ˈkloːbɪç]
The verdict
“klobig” is uncommon German (frequency #97,238 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,238
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Form eines Kloben, grob gestaltet
Corpus desk
Index DE-klobig · klobig · German
klobig · rank #97,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,238
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Klammen
Nearest frequency peer: Klammen (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „klobig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Kimme
Kimme
2,767 corpus weight
- kinks
kinks
2,766 corpus weight
- Klammen
Klammen
2,764 corpus weight
- klobig
klobig
2,763 corpus weight
- knallroten
knallroten
2,762 corpus weight
- knusper
knusper
2,760 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „klobig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | klobig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkloːbɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „klobig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
klobig is uncommon German at frequency #97,238 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkloːbɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
klobig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is klobig, spelled K-L-O-B-I-G.
Definition
- 1in der Form eines Kloben, grob gestaltet
- 2ungeschickt, ungelenk
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how klobig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So gab ich mich den Erinnerungen der alten Kneipe, meiner Anhänglichkeit an die alten klobigen Stühle, gab mich dem Duft von Rauch und Wein, dem Schimmer von Gewohnheit, von Wärme, von Heimatähnlichkeit hin, den das alles für mich hatte.“
„Sie war einundsechzig Meter lang, verhältnismäßig breit und klobig, einzig und allein zur Abwehr von Unterseebooten gebaut und eigentlich nur ein Ponton für Wasserbomben, Prototyp einer Schiffsklasse, die fortan rasch und billig hergestellt werden konnte, um dem dringenden Bedarf für den Geleitschutz zu genügen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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