sprichwörtliche

[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]

/[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]/ adj

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The verdict

“sprichwörtliche” is uncommon German (frequency #52,451 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,451
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-sprichwortliche · sprichwörtliche · German

sprichwörtliche · rank #52,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,451
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sprechender

Nearest frequency peer: sprechender (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sprichwörtliche“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sprichwörtliche“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sprichwörtliche
PropertyValue
Headwordsprichwörtliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]
Letters15
Frequency rank#52,451
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sprichwörtliche“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sprichwörtlichefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sprechender“ (#52,450), „Staatengemeinschaft“ (#52,452), „Staatsbahnen“ (#52,453). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sprichwörtliche“ bei #52,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprichwörtliche is uncommon German at frequency #52,451 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sprichwörtliche in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sprichwörtliche, spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprichwörtliche"?
"sprichwörtliche" is spelled S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə].
What does "sprichwörtliche" mean?
As an adjective, "sprichwörtliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
How do you pronounce "sprichwörtliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sprichwörtliche" is [ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sprichwörtliche", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list