sittenwidrig
[ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç]
The verdict
“sittenwidrig” is uncommon German (frequency #85,851 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,851
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen die guten Sitten verstoßend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sittenwidrig · sittenwidrig · German
sittenwidrig · rank #85,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,851
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH siebeneinhalb
Nearest frequency peer: siebeneinhalb (-2 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 „sittenwidrig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- sextus
sextus
14,157 corpus weight
- Shoppingcen…
Shoppingcenter
14,155 corpus weight
- siebeneinha…
siebeneinhalb
14,152 corpus weight
- sittenwidrig
sittenwidrig
14,150 corpus weight
- Sklavenhalt…
Sklavenhalter
14,146 corpus weight
- SNCF
SNCF
14,145 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sittenwidrig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sittenwidrig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #85,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sittenwidrig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sittenwidrig is uncommon German at frequency #85,851 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sittenwidrig, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sittenwidrig, spelled S-I-T-T-E-N-W-I-D-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1gegen die guten Sitten verstoßend
- 2ein Vorgang oder eine Handlung, die gegen das Anstandsgefühl eines jeden Menschen verstößt, der billig und gerecht denkt (BGH 10, 232; 69 297). Das Vorliegen von Sittenwidrigkeit muss ausgelegt werden auf Basis der Grundrechte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sittenwidrig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stundenlöhne von unter 3 Euro werden in Deutschland als sittenwidrig betrachtet.
In der Öffentlichkeit eine nackte Brust zu zeigen, ist sittenwidrig.
Antonyms
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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