pünktlicher

[ˈpʏŋktlɪçɐ]

/[ˈpʏŋktlɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“pünktlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #98,948 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,948
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-punktlicher · pünktlicher · German

pünktlicher · rank #98,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,948
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH quantifiziert

Nearest frequency peer: quantifiziert (+2 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 „pünktlicher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pünktlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordpünktlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈpʏŋktlɪçɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#98,948
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pünktlicher“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).pünktlicherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „quantifiziert“ (#98,950), „publizistisch“ (#98,945), „Quasten“ (#98,951). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pünktlicher“ bei #98,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pünktlicher is uncommon German at frequency #98,948 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpʏŋktlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

pünktlicher has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is pünktlicher, spelled P-Ü-N-K-T-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich

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 "pünktlicher"?
"pünktlicher" is spelled P-Ü-N-K-T-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpʏŋktlɪçɐ].
What does "pünktlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "pünktlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs pünktlich
How do you pronounce "pünktlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pünktlicher" is [ˈpʏŋktlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pünktlicher" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pünktlicher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Psychiaters#98,943Piktogramme#98,917Pfifferling#98,911ozeanischen#98,891

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list