Putzsucht
[ˈpʊt͡sˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Putzsucht” 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) - die übertriebene Neigung etwas oder sich zu putzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-putzsucht · Putzsucht · German
Putzsucht · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Putzsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpʊt͡sˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Putzsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Putzsucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpʊt͡sˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die übertriebene Neigung etwas oder sich zu putzen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Putzsucht, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Putzsucht, spelled P-U-T-Z-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1die übertriebene Neigung etwas oder sich zu putzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Putzsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber auch Gold und Elfenbein, Schmuck, Kleider, Haartracht und duftende Salben waren nicht einfach Ausdruck oberflächlicher Putzsucht, sondern einer elementaren sinnlichen Lebensbejahung.“
Synonyms
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.