tollpatschig
[ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪç]
The verdict
“tollpatschig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ungeschickt, tölpelhaft agierend
Corpus desk
Index DE-tollpatschig · tollpatschig · German
tollpatschig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | tollpatschig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tollpatschig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tollpatschig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtɔlpat͡ʃɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ungeschickt, tölpelhaft agierend".
Zero misspellings are on record for tollpatschig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 tollpatschig, spelled T-O-L-L-P-A-T-S-C-H-I-G.
Definition
- 1ungeschickt, tölpelhaft agierend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tollpatschig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tollpatschig wie er ist, kippte er beim Aufstehen sein volles Glas um.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.