sinnig

[ˈzɪnɪç]

/[ˈzɪnɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“sinnig” is uncommon German (frequency #67,705 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,705
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinnvoll

Corpus desk

Index DE-sinnig · sinnig · German

sinnig · rank #67,705 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,705
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Signor

Nearest frequency peer: Signor (-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 „sinnig“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sinnig
PropertyValue
Headwordsinnig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɪnɪç]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,705
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sinnig“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).sinnigfällt 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: „Signor“ (#67,704), „sinnlicher“ (#67,706), „Sitzkissen“ (#67,708). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sinnig“ bei #67,705. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sinnig is uncommon German at frequency #67,705 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪnɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sinnvoll".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sinnig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sinnig, spelled S-I-N-N-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinnvoll

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Es ist sinniger, sich erst nächstes Jahr einen neuen Fernseher zu kaufen.
  2. Das war mal ’ne sinnige Maßnahme!

Antonyms

sinnfreisinnlos

This word in other languages

sensible(English)

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 "sinnig"?
"sinnig" is spelled S-I-N-N-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪnɪç].
What does "sinnig" mean?
As an adjective, "sinnig" means: sinnvoll
How do you pronounce "sinnig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sinnig" is [ˈzɪnɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sinnig" come from?
"sinnig" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Signor#67,704suchet#67,754Teflon#67,771ranzig#67,617

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list