Vierziger
[ˈfɪʁt͡sɪɡɐ]
The verdict
“Vierziger” is uncommon German (frequency #69,856 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,856
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das fünfte Jahrzehnt eines Jahrhunderts oder eines Lebens
Corpus desk
Index DE-vierziger · Vierziger · German
Vierziger · rank #69,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,856
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH verärgerte
Nearest frequency peer: verärgerte (-2 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 „Vierziger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vertragsrec…
Vertragsrecht
30,150 corpus weight
- Verweigerer
Verweigerer
30,149 corpus weight
- verworrene
verworrene
30,148 corpus weight
- verärgerte
verärgerte
30,147 corpus weight
- Vierziger
Vierziger
30,145 corpus weight
- volkstümlich
volkstümlich
30,140 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vierziger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vierziger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɪʁt͡sɪɡɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vierziger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vierziger is uncommon German at frequency #69,856 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɪʁt͡sɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Vierziger in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Vierziger, spelled V-I-E-R-Z-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1das fünfte Jahrzehnt eines Jahrhunderts oder eines Lebens
- 2Person im Alter von 40 bis 49 Jahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vierziger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diese Arbeit war in den Vierzigern als unwichtig betrachtet, aber heutzutage ist es anders.
„Schon in seinen frühen Verzigern war Wilhelm Busch eine bekannte Persönlichkeit geworden.“
Synonyms
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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