spiegelbildlich
[ˈʃpiːɡl̩ˌbɪltlɪç]
The verdict
“spiegelbildlich” 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) - so wie in einem Spiegelbild; mit vertauschten Seiten rechts und links
Corpus desk
Index DE-spiegelbildlich · spiegelbildlich · German
spiegelbildlich · 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 | spiegelbildlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpiːɡl̩ˌbɪltlɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “spiegelbildlich” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
spiegelbildlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpiːɡl̩ˌbɪltlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "so wie in einem Spiegelbild; mit vertauschten Seiten rechts und links".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for spiegelbildlich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is spiegelbildlich, spelled S-P-I-E-G-E-L-B-I-L-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1so wie in einem Spiegelbild; mit vertauschten Seiten rechts und links
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spiegelbildlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit 6 Jahren ist spiegelbildliches Zeichnen von Figuren möglich; die für das Vorschulalter normale physiologische Raumlagelabilität geht zurück.“
„Man hat herausgefunden, dass Menschen, die sich spiegelbildlich verhalten, sich gut verstehen. Wenn zum Beispiel in einer Kneipe zwei Männer spiegelbildlich bei einem Bier sitzen, sieht man sofort, dass die beiden sich gut unterhalten.“
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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.
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