spießbürgerlich
[ˈʃpiːsˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç]
The verdict
“spießbürgerlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Spießbürger bezogen, nach Art von Spießbürgern
Corpus desk
Index DE-spie-burgerlich · spießbürgerlich · German
spießbürgerlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | spießbürgerlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːsˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spießbürgerlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spießbürgerlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpiːsˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Spießbürger bezogen, nach Art von Spießbürgern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spießbürgerlich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is spießbürgerlich, spelled S-P-I-E-S-S-B-Ü-R-G-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf Spießbürger bezogen, nach Art von Spießbürgern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spießbürgerlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Rückblenden erfahren wir vom Schicksal des Helden, der es zu Hause, beim spießbürgerlichen Vater vor allem, nicht mehr aushielt und hinauszog in die Welt.“
„Dies war meine zugegebenermaßen spießbürgerliche Vorstellung davon, wie mein Leben nach meinem Studium aussehen sollte.“
Synonyms
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.