Rachsucht
[ˈʁaxˌzʊxt]
The verdict
“Rachsucht” 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) - heftiges Verlangen nach Rache
Corpus desk
Index DE-rachsucht · Rachsucht · German
Rachsucht · 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 "R" 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 | Rachsucht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁaxˌzʊxt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rachsucht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rachsucht is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁaxˌzʊxt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heftiges Verlangen nach Rache".
Zero misspellings are on record for Rachsucht in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Rachsucht, spelled R-A-C-H-S-U-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1heftiges Verlangen nach Rache
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rachsucht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Strafe eines Täters, der mit einer verständlichen Rachsucht gehandelt hat, könnte nach der Rechtsfolgenlösung wohl gemindert werden, jedoch hängt die tatrichterliche, philosophische Einschätzung der Tat bezüglich deren allgemeiner Verständlichkeit damoklesschwertartig über dem Strafmaß.“
„Zweifellos war Steve [J]obs von beispiellosem Ehrgeiz ebenso getrieben wie von Rachsucht, Neid und einer an Größenwahnsinn grenzenden Eitelkeit.“
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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.