servil
[zɛʁˈviːl]
The verdict
“servil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - untertänig jemand Ranghöherem schmeichelnd
Corpus desk
Index DE-servil · servil · German
servil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | servil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zɛʁˈviːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „servil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
servil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zɛʁˈviːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "untertänig jemand Ranghöherem schmeichelnd".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for servil, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is servil, spelled S-E-R-V-I-L.
Definition
- 1untertänig jemand Ranghöherem schmeichelnd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how servil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chauvinistische Frauen sind meist servil, obwohl sie das nicht zugeben können.
„Der farbige Butler verbeugte sich stumm und ging. Seine Verbeugung war mehr freundschaftlich als servil und erfolgte auch nur, weil Johnny Besuch zum Dinner hatte.“
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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.