Rotzlöffel
[ˈʁɔt͡sˌlœfl̩]
The verdict
“Rotzlöffel” is uncommon German (frequency #94,795 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,795
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, meistens ein Kind oder Jugendlicher, der frech, dreist, arrogant und unbelehrbar auftritt, aber auch wehleidig, widerspenstig und weinerlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-rotzloffel · Rotzlöffel · German
Rotzlöffel · rank #94,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,795
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rotbraunen
Nearest frequency peer: rotbraunen (-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 „Rotzlöffel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- risikolos
risikolos
5,210 corpus weight
- rotbraunen
rotbraunen
5,207 corpus weight
- Rotzlöffel
Rotzlöffel
5,206 corpus weight
- Rubikon
Rubikon
5,205 corpus weight
- Rufes
Rufes
5,204 corpus weight
- Ruhmes
Ruhmes
5,203 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rotzlöffel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rotzlöffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔt͡sˌlœfl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #94,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rotzlöffel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rotzlöffel is uncommon German at frequency #94,795 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɔt͡sˌlœfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, meistens ein Kind oder Jugendlicher, der frech, dreist, arrogant und unbelehrbar auftritt, aber auch wehleidig, widerspenstig und weinerlich".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rotzlöffel in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rotzlöffel, spelled R-O-T-Z-L-Ö-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Person, meistens ein Kind oder Jugendlicher, der frech, dreist, arrogant und unbelehrbar auftritt, aber auch wehleidig, widerspenstig und weinerlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rotzlöffel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du Rotzlöffel weißt natürlich wieder alles besser.
„Da opfere man sein Leben für die Kinder, und heraus komme so etwas, ein Rotzlöffel ohne Manieren, frei von Anstand und Demut.“
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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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