Korinthenkacker
German, noun/koˈrɪntənkakɐ/
Korinthenkacker is spelled K-O-R-I-N-T-H-E-N-K-A-C-K-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Korinthenkacker is a German masculine noun meaning “nitpicker, stickler for detail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “pedantischer, kleinlicher, perfektionistischer und rechthaberischer Mensch, der sich an unwichtigen Details…”.
What does Korinthenkacker mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineoffensivenitpicker, stickler for detail
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedantischer, kleinlicher, perfektionistischer und rechthaberischer Mensch, der sich an unwichtigen Details festbeißt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Korinthenkacker
- Korinthenkackers genitive
- Korinthenkackerin feminine
- Korinthenkackern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Korinthenkacker?
- /koˈrɪntənkakɐ/
- [koˈʁɪntn̩ˌkakɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Korinthenkacker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Korinthenkacker in German?
Korinthenkacker appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).