listige

[ˈlɪstɪɡə]

/[ˈlɪstɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“listige” is uncommon German (frequency #98,763 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,763
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig

Corpus desk

Index DE-listige · listige · German

listige · rank #98,763 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,763
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH LKH

Nearest frequency peer: LKH (+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 „listige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „listige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for listige
PropertyValue
Headwordlistige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈlɪstɪɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,763
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „listige“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.listigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „LKH“ (#98,764), „lobet“ (#98,765), „lodert“ (#98,766). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „listige“ bei #98,763. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

listige is uncommon German at frequency #98,763 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈlɪstɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for listige, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is listige, spelled L-I-S-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "listige"?
"listige" is spelled L-I-S-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈlɪstɪɡə].
What does "listige" mean?
As an adjective, "listige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs listig
How do you pronounce "listige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "listige" is [ˈlɪstɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "listige" come from?
"listige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "listige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lupinen#98,775Lemuren#98,749lösbare#98,780kältere#98,728

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list