Taugenichts

[ˈtaʊ̯ɡənɪçt͡s]

/[ˈtaʊ̯ɡənɪçt͡s]/ noun

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The verdict

“Taugenichts” is uncommon German (frequency #70,870 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,870
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die zu nichts nützlich oder brauchbar ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-taugenichts · Taugenichts · German

Taugenichts · rank #70,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,870
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Taschendieb

Nearest frequency peer: Taschendieb (-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 „Taugenichts“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Taugenichts
PropertyValue
HeadwordTaugenichts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtaʊ̯ɡənɪçt͡s]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Taugenichts“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Taschendieb“ (#70,869), „taxe“ (#70,871), „tah“ (#70,867). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Taugenichts“ bei #70,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Taugenichts is uncommon German at frequency #70,870 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtaʊ̯ɡənɪçt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die zu nichts nützlich oder brauchbar ist".

Taugenichts doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Taugenichts, spelled T-A-U-G-E-N-I-C-H-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die zu nichts nützlich oder brauchbar ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er war schon immer ein Taugenichts.
  2. Dein Sohn ist ein richtiger Taugenichts; er hat nur Unfug im Sinn.

Synonyms

NichtsnutzTunichtgut

This word in other languages

good-for-nothing(English)vaurien(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 "Taugenichts"?
"Taugenichts" is spelled T-A-U-G-E-N-I-C-H-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaʊ̯ɡənɪçt͡s].
What does "Taugenichts" mean?
As a noun, "Taugenichts" means: Person, die zu nichts nützlich oder brauchbar ist
How do you pronounce "Taugenichts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Taugenichts" is [ˈtaʊ̯ɡənɪçt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Taugenichts" come from?
"Taugenichts" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Taschendieb#70,869tiefgehende#70,877Toxikologie#70,884Subkulturen#70,854

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list