sinnreich
[ˈzɪnˌʁaɪ̯ç]
The verdict
“sinnreich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit scharfem Verstand und logischem Denkvermögen ausgestattet; mit gut entwickelter Denkfähigkeit
Corpus desk
Index DE-sinnreich · sinnreich · German
sinnreich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sinnreich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɪnˌʁaɪ̯ç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sinnreich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sinnreich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪnˌʁaɪ̯ç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
sinnreich has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sinnreich, spelled S-I-N-N-R-E-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1mit scharfem Verstand und logischem Denkvermögen ausgestattet; mit gut entwickelter Denkfähigkeit
- 2reich an gedanklichem Gehalt/Sinngehalt
- 3gut durchdacht im Hinblick auf seinen Zweck/seine Funktion, vernünftig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sinnreich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der sinnreiche Junker Don Quijote von der Mancha
„Mögen wir es nun als eine Ursache oder als eine Folge ansehen, die zivilisierteren haben immer die sinnreichsten Regierungen.“
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.