phlegmatisch
[flɛˈɡmaːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“phlegmatisch” 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) - kaum zu erregen; nur schwer zu einer Handlung motivierbar
Corpus desk
Index DE-phlegmatisch · phlegmatisch · German
phlegmatisch · 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 "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 | phlegmatisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [flɛˈɡmaːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „phlegmatisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
phlegmatisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [flɛˈɡmaːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kaum zu erregen; nur schwer zu einer Handlung motivierbar".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for phlegmatisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 phlegmatisch, spelled P-H-L-E-G-M-A-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1kaum zu erregen; nur schwer zu einer Handlung motivierbar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how phlegmatisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Jungen können wir im Betrieb nicht brauchen, er ist zu phlegmatisch.
„Ich konnte mir zunächst nicht vorstellen, daß der ernste, phlegmatische und wortkarge Mann, Hans Bielke mit Namen, ein Jäger sein sollte.“
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.