Spitzfindigkeit
[ˈʃpɪt͡sfɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Spitzfindigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, sehr spitzfindig/übertrieben genau, sehr pingelig zu sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-spitzfindigkeit · Spitzfindigkeit · German
Spitzfindigkeit · 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 | Spitzfindigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃpɪt͡sfɪndɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Spitzfindigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Spitzfindigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃpɪt͡sfɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Spitzfindigkeit in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Spitzfindigkeit, spelled S-P-I-T-Z-F-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft/Haltung/Handlungsweise, sehr spitzfindig/übertrieben genau, sehr pingelig zu sein
- 2Äußerung, die [1] entspricht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Spitzfindigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit Spitzfindigkeiten geben sie sich gar nicht erst ab.“
„Nach sprachlogischen Spitzfindigkeiten und modischen Sprachtorheiten nun also auf dem Prüfstand der Kritik: unsere viel geschmähten und noch mehr benutzten Fremdwörter.“
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.