üppiges

[ˈʏpɪɡəs]

/[ˈʏpɪɡəs]/ adj

The verdict

“üppiges” is uncommon German (frequency #69,948 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,948
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig

Corpus desk

Index DE-uppiges · üppiges · German

üppiges · rank #69,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,948
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH übertrage

Nearest frequency peer: übertrage (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „üppiges“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „üppiges“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for üppiges
PropertyValue
Headwordüppiges
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʏpɪɡəs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,948
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „üppiges“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).üppigesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „übertrage“ (#69,947), „Überschwang“ (#69,946), „Überlebenskampf“ (#69,944). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „üppiges“ bei #69,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

üppiges is uncommon German at frequency #69,948 among 443 “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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "üppiges"?
"üppiges" is spelled Ü-P-P-I-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʏpɪɡəs].
What does "üppiges" mean?
As an adjective, "üppiges" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs üppig
How do you pronounce "üppiges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "üppiges" is [ˈʏpɪɡəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "üppiges" come from?
"üppiges" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "üppiges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list