sündhaft

[ˈzʏnthaft]

/[ˈzʏnthaft]/ adj

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The verdict

“sündhaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #54,133 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#54,133
frequency rank, German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (fast) einer Sünde oder einem großen Fehler entsprechend

Key facts for sündhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordsündhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzʏnthaft]
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sündhaft” 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). sündhaft lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for sündhaft is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈzʏnthaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,133 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

Synonyms

sündig

This word in other languages

sinful(English)peccamineux(Français)

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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Using “sündhaft”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is S-Ü-N-D-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈzʏnthaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list