Wichtigtuer
[ˈvɪçtɪçˌtuːɐ]
The verdict
“Wichtigtuer” is uncommon German (frequency #62,099 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,099
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sich aufspielt; jemand, der sich selbst für wichtiger hält, als er ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-wichtigtuer · Wichtigtuer · German
Wichtigtuer · rank #62,099 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,099
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wickelte
Nearest frequency peer: wickelte (+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 „Wichtigtuer“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Westwood
Westwood
37,906 corpus weight
- wetteifern
wetteifern
37,905 corpus weight
- Wichtigtuer
Wichtigtuer
37,902 corpus weight
- wickelte
wickelte
37,901 corpus weight
- Wimpel
Wimpel
37,899 corpus weight
- Wippe
Wippe
37,898 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wichtigtuer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wichtigtuer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɪçtɪçˌtuːɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wichtigtuer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wichtigtuer is uncommon German at frequency #62,099 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɪçtɪçˌtuːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sich aufspielt; jemand, der sich selbst für wichtiger hält, als er ist".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Wichtigtuer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Wichtigtuer, spelled W-I-C-H-T-I-G-T-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sich aufspielt; jemand, der sich selbst für wichtiger hält, als er ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wichtigtuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist nichts weiter als ein aufgeblasener Wichtigtuer. Ignoriere ihn einfach.
„Afrika reizte mich, weil es immer noch so leer ist, so unvollendet wirkt, voller Möglichkeiten, weswegen es Wichtigtuer und Analysten anzieht, Voyeure und Hobby-Philanthropen."
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This word in other languages
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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