pingelig

[ˈpɪŋəlɪç]

/[ˈpɪŋəlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“pingelig” is uncommon German (frequency #57,299 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,299
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr differenziert, sehr genau

Corpus desk

Index DE-pingelig · pingelig · German

pingelig · rank #57,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,299
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH pflanzte

Nearest frequency peer: pflanzte (-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 „pingelig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pingelig
PropertyValue
Headwordpingelig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpɪŋəlɪç]
Letters8
Frequency rank#57,299
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pingelig“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „pflanzte“ (#57,298), „Pitcher“ (#57,301), „patrol“ (#57,296). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pingelig“ bei #57,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pingelig is uncommon German at frequency #57,299 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɪŋəlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr differenziert, sehr genau".

pingelig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is pingelig, spelled P-I-N-G-E-L-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr differenziert, sehr genau

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pingelig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Unser neuer Chef ist aber pingelig!“
  2. „Da muss ich nun aber zunächst etwas pingelig ins Lautliche einsteigen, weil dieses hier mit dem Inhaltlichen, wie mir scheint, zu tun hat.“

Synonyms

kleinlichpedantischübergenau

Antonyms

großzügig

This word in other languages

fastidious(English)pedante(Español)

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 "pingelig"?
"pingelig" is spelled P-I-N-G-E-L-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɪŋəlɪç].
What does "pingelig" mean?
As an adjective, "pingelig" means: sehr differenziert, sehr genau
How do you pronounce "pingelig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pingelig" is [ˈpɪŋəlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pingelig" come from?
"pingelig" 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 "pingelig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pflanzte#57,298Plymouth#57,307Nordheim#57,281proaktiv#57,317

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list