pomphaft
[ˈpɔmphaft]
The verdict
“pomphaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit übertriebener Pracht, sehr aufwendig ausgestattet
Corpus desk
Index DE-pomphaft · pomphaft · German
pomphaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | pomphaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɔmphaft] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pomphaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pomphaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɔmphaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit übertriebener Pracht, sehr aufwendig ausgestattet".
pomphaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is pomphaft, spelled P-O-M-P-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1mit übertriebener Pracht, sehr aufwendig ausgestattet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pomphaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Uns Abendländern kommt ihre Poesie pomphaft, schwülstig, mit Bildern überladen vor.“
„Durch die weiten Trakte und pomphaften Säle der Burg schritt nun gravitätisch im spanischen Mantelkleid und roten Schuhen ein junger Mann mit starren, braunen Augen und sanft vorragender Unterlippe – der letzte Habsburger.“
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.