tugendhaft
[ˈtuːɡn̩thaft]
The verdict
“tugendhaft” is an uncommon German word, ranked #81,041 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #81,041
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Sitten entsprechend, sich vorbildlich verhaltend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tugendhaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈtuːɡn̩thaft] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tugendhaft” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for tugendhaft is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtuːɡn̩thaft]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,041 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den Sitten entsprechend, sich vorbildlich verhaltend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tugendhaft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 tugendhaft, spelled T-U-G-E-N-D-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1den Sitten entsprechend, sich vorbildlich verhaltend
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); 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 “tugendhaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-U-G-E-N-D-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtuːɡn̩thaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.