spitzbübisch
[ˈʃpɪt͡sˌbyːbɪʃ]
The verdict
“spitzbübisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gesellschaftliche Normen und Umgangsformen missachtend
Corpus desk
Index DE-spitzbubisch · spitzbübisch · German
spitzbübisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | spitzbübisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪt͡sˌbyːbɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „spitzbübisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
spitzbübisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sˌbyːbɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for spitzbübisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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. The correct German form is spitzbübisch, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-B-Ü-B-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1gesellschaftliche Normen und Umgangsformen missachtend
- 2in räuberischer oder betrügerischer Absicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spitzbübisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er spähte spitzbübisch auf das Arbeitsblatt seiner Sitznachbarin, um abzuschreiben.
Sie schlitzte spitzbübisch ein Loch in die Handtasche und stahl den Geldbeutel heraus.
Synonyms
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.