reuig
[ˈʁɔɪ̯ɪç]
The verdict
“reuig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reue empfindend
Corpus desk
Index DE-reuig · reuig · German
reuig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | reuig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɪ̯ɪç] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „reuig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
reuig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɔɪ̯ɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reue empfindend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reuig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is reuig, spelled R-E-U-I-G.
Definition
- 1Reue empfindend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reuig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein reuiger Sünder ist besser als 999 Gerechte.“
„Einen reuigeren Sünder hat die Anklagebank des Aichacher Amtsgerichtes wohl schon lange nicht mehr getragen.“
Synonyms
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.