Plackerei
[plakəˈʁaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Plackerei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große Mühe/Anstrengung, sehr schwere Arbeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-plackerei · Plackerei · German
Plackerei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Plackerei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [plakəˈʁaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Plackerei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Plackerei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [plakəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große Mühe/Anstrengung, sehr schwere Arbeit".
Zero misspellings are on record for Plackerei in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Plackerei, spelled P-L-A-C-K-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1große Mühe/Anstrengung, sehr schwere Arbeit
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Plackerei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Durch die Plackerei an jenem Tag hatte er sich ins Verderben gestürzt.“
„Unsere Wärter behandelten uns wohlwollend als lustige Brüder, die sich einen blauen Montag gemacht hatten, was ihnen zwar nicht in der Ordnung, aber bei der Plackerei des Dienstes verständlich erschien.“
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.