tüchtiger
[ˈtʏçtɪɡɐ]
The verdict
“tüchtiger” is uncommon German (frequency #84,691 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,691
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tüchtig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tüchtiger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtʏçtɪɡɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tüchtiger” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tüchtiger is uncommon German at frequency #84,691 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈtʏçtɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tüchtiger in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is tüchtiger, spelled T-Ü-C-H-T-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tüchtig
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tüchtig
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tüchtig
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tüchtig
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs tüchtig
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.
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Using “tüchtiger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-Ü-C-H-T-I-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.