kratzbürstig
[ˈkʁat͡sˌbʏʁstɪç]
The verdict
“kratzbürstig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft einer Person, die widerspenstig, auf Streit aus oder zänkisch ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-kratzburstig · kratzbürstig · German
kratzbürstig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | kratzbürstig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkʁat͡sˌbʏʁstɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kratzbürstig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kratzbürstig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkʁat͡sˌbʏʁstɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft einer Person, die widerspenstig, auf Streit aus oder zänkisch ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kratzbürstig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kratzbürstig, spelled K-R-A-T-Z-B-Ü-R-S-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft einer Person, die widerspenstig, auf Streit aus oder zänkisch ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kratzbürstig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„»Eigentlich war sie [Anmerkung: die Journalistin Clare Hollingworth] gegenüber weiblichen Konkurrentinnen ziemlich kratzbürstig.«“
„Widerborstig wird dieses Mädchen, mitleids- und herzlos, […] eine Ausgestoßene und schließlich ein kratzbürstiges Heimkind.“
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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.