ölige

[ˈøːlɪɡə]

/[ˈøːlɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“ölige” is uncommon German (frequency #80,005 among 53 “Ö” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,005
frequency rank, German
53
“Ö” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-olige · ölige · German

ölige · rank #80,005 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,005
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 53
  • PHOTO-FINISH Äbte

Nearest frequency peer: Äbte (-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 „ölige“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ölige
PropertyValue
Headwordölige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈøːlɪɡə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,005
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ölige“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).öligefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Äbte“ (#80,004), „Zögling“ (#80,003), „überblickt“ (#80,007). Unter 53 „Ö“-Lemmata liegt „ölige“ bei #80,005. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ölige is uncommon German at frequency #80,005 among 53 “Ö” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈøːlɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ölige, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ölige, spelled Ö-L-I-G-E.

Definition

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

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 "ölige"?
"ölige" is spelled Ö-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈøːlɪɡə].
What does "ölige" mean?
As an adjective, "ölige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ölig
How do you pronounce "ölige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ölige" is [ˈøːlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ölige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abele#80,019Znaim#79,986arend#80,074Weibe#79,931

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list