räuberisch
[ˈʁɔɪ̯bəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“räuberisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Raub, Raubgier gekennzeichnet, darin begründet; in der Art und Weise eines Räubers handelnd
Corpus desk
Index DE-rauberisch · räuberisch · German
räuberisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | räuberisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɪ̯bəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „räuberisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
räuberisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɔɪ̯bəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for räuberisch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is räuberisch, spelled R-Ä-U-B-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1von Raub, Raubgier gekennzeichnet, darin begründet; in der Art und Weise eines Räubers handelnd
- 2als Prädator, Raubtier lebend; auf Beutefang gehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how räuberisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Diese Mapimi ist ein wahrer Mehlwürmertopf, aus welchem zu allen Zeiten die wilden Völkerschaften hervorgebrochen sind, um sich räuberisch auf die angrenzenden Länder zu werfen.“
„Warum sollte dieser Mann, der sich stets räuberisch alle Vorteile zuzuschanzen wußte, nicht sich auch räuberisch sein Leben nehmen, ehe die Polizei zugreifen konnte?“
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.