vulgäre

[vʊlˈɡɛːʁə]

/[vʊlˈɡɛːʁə]/ adj

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The verdict

“vulgäre” is uncommon German (frequency #70,973 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,973
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-vulgare · vulgäre · German

vulgäre · rank #70,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,973
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Völkermords

Nearest frequency peer: Völkermords (+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 „vulgäre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vulgäre
PropertyValue
Headwordvulgäre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[vʊlˈɡɛːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,973
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vulgäre“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.vulgärefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Völkermords“ (#70,974), „vorwurfsvoll“ (#70,971), „vorstellten“ (#70,970). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vulgäre“ bei #70,973. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vulgäre is uncommon German at frequency #70,973 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [vʊlˈɡɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vulgäre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vulgäre, spelled V-U-L-G-Ä-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär

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 "vulgäre"?
"vulgäre" is spelled V-U-L-G-Ä-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [vʊlˈɡɛːʁə].
What does "vulgäre" mean?
As an adjective, "vulgäre" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
How do you pronounce "vulgäre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vulgäre" is [vʊlˈɡɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vulgäre" come from?
"vulgäre" 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 "vulgäre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

vorfand#70,967Winzern#71,004zeugten#71,021Tröster#70,894

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list