Tagedieb
[ˈtaːɡəˌdiːp]
The verdict
“Tagedieb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der nichts tut und dem Müßiggang frönt
Corpus desk
Index DE-tagedieb · Tagedieb · German
Tagedieb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tagedieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtaːɡəˌdiːp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Tagedieb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Tagedieb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaːɡəˌdiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der nichts tut und dem Müßiggang frönt".
Tagedieb doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Tagedieb, spelled T-A-G-E-D-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1jemand, der nichts tut und dem Müßiggang frönt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tagedieb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dein Untermieter scheint mir ein ausgemachter Tagedieb zu sein.
„Jedenfalls, den rheinischen Schmitzen, Rademacher und Felten macht es nicht das geringste aus, sich mit den beiden flapsigen Tagedieben zu identifizieren.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.