rotzfrech
[ˈʁɔt͡sfʁɛç]
The verdict
“rotzfrech” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - besonders frech; unerzogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-rotzfrech · rotzfrech · German
rotzfrech · 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 | rotzfrech |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔt͡sfʁɛç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rotzfrech“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rotzfrech is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɔt͡sfʁɛç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders frech; unerzogen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rotzfrech, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 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 rotzfrech, spelled R-O-T-Z-F-R-E-C-H.
Definition
- 1besonders frech; unerzogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rotzfrech appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der rotzfreche Bengel hat mir glatt vor meinen Augen den Wagen verschmiert.
„Unser Vater wurde wütend, schrie uns an und sagte, dass wir rotzfrech seien und er sich solche Provokation nicht bieten lasse.“
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.