sittenwidrig

/[ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç]/ adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#85,851

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

sittenwidrig is anGermanadj. It means: gegen die guten Sitten verstoßend Pronounced [ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç].

Key facts for sittenwidrig
PropertyValue
Headwordsittenwidrig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç]
Letters12
Frequency rank#85,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sittenwidrig in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sittenwidrig is 12 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #85,851 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for sittenwidrig in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is sittenwidrig, spelled S-I-T-T-E-N-W-I-D-R-I-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gegen die guten Sitten verstoßend
  2. 2
    ein 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

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #85,851 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sittenwidrig"?
"sittenwidrig" is spelled S-I-T-T-E-N-W-I-D-R-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç].
What does "sittenwidrig" mean?
As an adj, "sittenwidrig" means: gegen die guten Sitten verstoßend
How do you pronounce "sittenwidrig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sittenwidrig" is [ˈzɪtn̩ˌviːdʁɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sittenwidrig" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.