üppiges
[ˈʏpɪɡəs]
The verdict
“üppiges” is uncommon German (frequency #69,948 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,948
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | üppiges |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʏpɪɡəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “üppiges” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
üppiges is uncommon German at frequency #69,948 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʏpɪɡəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for üppiges, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 üppiges, spelled Ü-P-P-I-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
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 “üppiges”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-P-P-I-G-E-S - 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.