Knauserigkeit
[ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Knauserigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Eigenschaft/Einstellung, äußerst sparsam zu sein, geizig zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-knauserigkeit · Knauserigkeit · German
Knauserigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Knauserigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Knauserigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Knauserigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈknaʊ̯zəʁɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft/Einstellung, äußerst sparsam zu sein, geizig zu sein".
Knauserigkeit has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Knauserigkeit, spelled K-N-A-U-S-E-R-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Einstellung, äußerst sparsam zu sein, geizig zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Knauserigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Knauserigkeit wurde zu einem gesellschaftlichen Wert, den wir als selbstverständlich akzeptiert haben.“
„Die Vermutung liegt also nahe, dass wir im Gedanken an den Tod alle Habsucht und Knauserigkeit fahren lassen.“
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.