silbrig
[ˈzɪlbʁɪç]
The verdict
“silbrig” is uncommon German (frequency #82,141 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,141
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wie Silber schimmernd/glänzend, an Silber erinnernd
Corpus desk
Index DE-silbrig · silbrig · German
silbrig · rank #82,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,141
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH silbernem
Nearest frequency peer: silbernem (-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 „silbrig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- siebenter
siebenter
17,863 corpus weight
- Sigel
Sigel
17,862 corpus weight
- silbernem
silbernem
17,861 corpus weight
- silbrig
silbrig
17,860 corpus weight
- sinke
sinke
17,859 corpus weight
- Sinnesorgane
Sinnesorgane
17,858 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „silbrig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | silbrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɪlbʁɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „silbrig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
silbrig is uncommon German at frequency #82,141 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪlbʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for silbrig in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is silbrig, spelled S-I-L-B-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1wie Silber schimmernd/glänzend, an Silber erinnernd
- 2in einer hohen Tonlage, aber dennoch wohlklingend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how silbrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Nähe eines Vulkankraters malen die Reifen Spuren in den silbrigen Sand und bringen darunter blutorangenfarbene Schichten zum Vorschein.“
„Elena stand am Flügel; ihre Finger glitten wie spielend über die Tasten; ein silbriger Ton schwebte durch den Raum.“
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); 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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