vulgären

[vʊlˈɡɛːʁən]

/[vʊlˈɡɛːʁən]/ adj

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The verdict

“vulgären” is uncommon German (frequency #87,256 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,256
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-vulgaren · vulgären · German

vulgären · rank #87,256 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,256
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH votierten

Nearest frequency peer: votierten (-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 „vulgären“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vulgären
PropertyValue
Headwordvulgären
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[vʊlˈɡɛːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,256
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vulgären“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).vulgärenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „votierten“ (#87,255), „vulkanischer“ (#87,257), „vorübergehendes“ (#87,254). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vulgären“ bei #87,256. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vulgären is uncommon German at frequency #87,256 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [vʊlˈɡɛːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vulgären, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 vulgären, spelled V-U-L-G-Ä-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera 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 "vulgären"?
"vulgären" is spelled V-U-L-G-Ä-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vʊlˈɡɛːʁən].
What does "vulgären" mean?
As an adjective, "vulgären" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vulgär
How do you pronounce "vulgären"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vulgären" is [vʊlˈɡɛːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Weismain#87,279versifft#87,232versetze#87,231werteten#87,284

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list