Phlegmatiker
[flɛˈɡmaːtɪkɐ]
The verdict
“Phlegmatiker” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - eine langsame, schwerfällige und eher faule Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-phlegmatiker · Phlegmatiker · German
Phlegmatiker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | Phlegmatiker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [flɛˈɡmaːtɪkɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Phlegmatiker“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Phlegmatiker is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [flɛˈɡmaːtɪkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine langsame, schwerfällige und eher faule Person".
Phlegmatiker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Phlegmatiker, spelled P-H-L-E-G-M-A-T-I-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine langsame, schwerfällige und eher faule Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Phlegmatiker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser Phlegmatiker liegt die ganze Zeit nur faul herum und macht nichts.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.