subsidiär

[zʊpziˈdi̯ɛːɐ̯]

/[zʊpziˈdi̯ɛːɐ̯]/ adj

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The verdict

“subsidiär” is uncommon German (frequency #67,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,753
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hilfe leistend

Corpus desk

Index DE-subsidiar · subsidiär · German

subsidiär · rank #67,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,753
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH städtebaulich

Nearest frequency peer: städtebaulich (-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 „subsidiär“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for subsidiär
PropertyValue
Headwordsubsidiär
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[zʊpziˈdi̯ɛːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „subsidiär“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.subsidiärfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „städtebaulich“ (#67,752), „suchet“ (#67,754), „sträflich“ (#67,751). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „subsidiär“ bei #67,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

subsidiär is uncommon German at frequency #67,753 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zʊpziˈdi̯ɛːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

subsidiär has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is subsidiär, spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-I-Ä-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hilfe leistend
  2. 2
    als Behelf dienend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how subsidiär appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Staat agiert subsidiär, einzelne Entscheidungen liegen in der Hand der untergeordneten Stellen.
  2. Für den Lebensbedarf des Kindes stehen subsidiäre Sozialleistungen zur Verfügung.

Synonyms

helfendunterstützendbehelfsmäßig

Antonyms

fokal

This word in other languages

subsidiary(English)

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 "subsidiär"?
"subsidiär" is spelled S-U-B-S-I-D-I-Ä-R. The IPA pronunciation is [zʊpziˈdi̯ɛːɐ̯].
What does "subsidiär" mean?
As an adjective, "subsidiär" means: Hilfe leistend
How do you pronounce "subsidiär"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subsidiär" is [zʊpziˈdi̯ɛːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subsidiär" come from?
"subsidiär" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sträflich#67,751Streckung#67,750Stollberg#67,743Steilhang#67,736

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list