Schludrigkeit
[ˈʃluːdʁɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Schludrigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kritisierbares Handeln, das darin besteht, dass etwas nicht in der an sich erforderlichen Weise getan wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-schludrigkeit · Schludrigkeit · German
Schludrigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Schludrigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃluːdʁɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schludrigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schludrigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃluːdʁɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kritisierbares Handeln, das darin besteht, dass etwas nicht in der an sich erforderlichen Weise getan wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Schludrigkeit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Schludrigkeit, spelled S-C-H-L-U-D-R-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1kritisierbares Handeln, das darin besteht, dass etwas nicht in der an sich erforderlichen Weise getan wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Schludrigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch entsann ich mich gut Mullers pantoffliger Schludrigkeit, seiner langen Pfeife, der ledernen Buchrücken und der Fotografie im Flur, die Muller als jungen Mann mit einer bunten Studentenmütze zeigte, und unter dieser Fotografie war der Schnörkel der Teutonia oder irgendeiner anderen Onia.“
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.