säuerlich

[ˈzɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]

/[ˈzɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“säuerlich” is uncommon German (frequency #78,613 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,613
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen leicht sauren Geschmack besitzend

Corpus desk

Index DE-sauerlich · säuerlich · German

säuerlich · rank #78,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,613
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH symbolisches

Nearest frequency peer: symbolisches (-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 „säuerlich“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „säuerlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for säuerlich
PropertyValue
Headwordsäuerlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,613
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „säuerlich“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).säuerlichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „symbolisches“ (#78,612), „südafrikanischer“ (#78,614), „südländisch“ (#78,615). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „säuerlich“ bei #78,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

säuerlich is uncommon German at frequency #78,613 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

säuerlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 säuerlich, spelled S-Ä-U-E-R-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen leicht sauren Geschmack besitzend
  2. 2
    einen leicht verdorbenen Geruch verströmend
  3. 3
    leicht unzufrieden und missvergnügt seiend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how säuerlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein promillefreier Durstlöscher ist „Kwas“, ein leicht säuerliches Getränk aus gegorenem Brot.“
  2. „Ein Schaufellader kippt in regelmäßigen Abständen organisches Substrat in einen Stahlbehälter, es riecht leicht säuerlich, eine Förderschnecke transportiert die Masse in den Fermenter hinauf.“

This word in other languages

tart(English)sur(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "säuerlich"?
"säuerlich" is spelled S-Ä-U-E-R-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔɪ̯ɐlɪç].
What does "säuerlich" mean?
As an adjective, "säuerlich" means: einen leicht sauren Geschmack besitzend
How do you pronounce "säuerlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "säuerlich" is [ˈzɔɪ̯ɐlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "säuerlich" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "säuerlich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

süffisant#78,618tangieren#78,623Stripclub#78,600Strasburg#78,593

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list