sprichwörtliche

Name: sprichwörtliche, German Word Data
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[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]

/[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sprichwörtliche” is uncommon German (frequency #52,451 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,451
frequency rank, German: 107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich

Key facts for sprichwörtliche
Property	Value
Headword	sprichwörtliche
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈʃpʁɪçˌvœʁtlɪçə]
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#52,451
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sprichwörtliche” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sprichwörtliche lands here:

#52,451

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprichwörtliche is uncommon German at frequency #52,451 among 107,600 “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
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sprichwörtlich
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.

What language does "sprichwörtliche" come from?

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Using “sprichwörtliche”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is S-P-R-I-C-H-W-Ö-R-T-L-I-C-H-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.