sündhaft

[ˈzʏnthaft]

/[ˈzʏnthaft]/ adj

The verdict

“sündhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #54,133 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,133
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (fast) einer Sünde oder einem großen Fehler entsprechend

Corpus desk

Index DE-sundhaft · sündhaft · German

sündhaft · rank #54,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,133
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sömmerda

Nearest frequency peer: Sömmerda (-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 „sündhaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sündhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordsündhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzʏnthaft]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sündhaft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sömmerda“ (#54,132), „tack“ (#54,134), „Söhnchen“ (#54,131). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sündhaft“ bei #54,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sündhaft is uncommon German at frequency #54,133 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzʏnthaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sündhaft in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 sündhaft, spelled S-Ü-N-D-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    (fast) einer Sünde oder einem großen Fehler entsprechend
  2. 2
    sehr

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sein sündhaftes Verhalten sollte ihm noch zum Verhängnis werden.
  2. „Denn wenn auch der Sonntag auf Speranza Ruhetag ist, so wird er noch lange nicht sündhaftem Müßiggang überlassen.“

Synonyms

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); 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 "sündhaft"?
"sündhaft" is spelled S-Ü-N-D-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzʏnthaft].
What does "sündhaft" mean?
As an adjective, "sündhaft" means: (fast) einer Sünde oder einem großen Fehler entsprechend
How do you pronounce "sündhaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sündhaft" is [ˈzʏnthaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sündhaft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list