tölpelhaft
[ˈtœlpl̩haft]
The verdict
“tölpelhaft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwach an Verstand und ungeschickt
Corpus desk
Index DE-tolpelhaft · tölpelhaft · German
tölpelhaft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | tölpelhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtœlpl̩haft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tölpelhaft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tölpelhaft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtœlpl̩haft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schwach an Verstand und ungeschickt".
tölpelhaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 tölpelhaft, spelled T-Ö-L-P-E-L-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1schwach an Verstand und ungeschickt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tölpelhaft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ach, da kommt er, der tölpelhafte Junge.
„Er war nicht so dumm und tölpelhaft ins Abteil gestolpert, wie er den Anschein zu erwecken versucht hatte.“
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.