reumütig
[ˈʁɔɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]
The verdict
“reumütig” is uncommon German (frequency #86,981 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,981
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (nach einer schlechten/schlimmen Tat) Reue/Schuldbewusstsein empfindend/zeigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-reumutig · reumütig · German
reumütig · rank #86,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,981
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Rettungsversu…
Nearest frequency peer: Rettungsversuch (-1 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 „reumütig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Rettungskrä…
Rettungskräften
13,023 corpus weight
- Rettungsring
Rettungsring
13,022 corpus weight
- Rettungsver…
Rettungsversuch
13,021 corpus weight
- reumütig
reumütig
13,020 corpus weight
- Rezitativ
Rezitativ
13,019 corpus weight
- rieben
rieben
13,017 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „reumütig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reumütig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „reumütig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
reumütig is uncommon German at frequency #86,981 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɔɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nach einer schlechten/schlimmen Tat) Reue/Schuldbewusstsein empfindend/zeigend".
No misspelling variants are generated for reumütig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is reumütig, spelled R-E-U-M-Ü-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1(nach einer schlechten/schlimmen Tat) Reue/Schuldbewusstsein empfindend/zeigend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reumütig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gab es nach den Abgasskandalen von VW und Mercedes eine reumütige Autobranche? Keine Spur.
„Vor dem Richter zeigte sich der Angeklagte geständig und reumütig.“
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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.
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