wichtigtuerisch
[ˈvɪçtɪçtuəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“wichtigtuerisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verhalten einer Person, die vermeintlich besonders wichtig ist oder vermeintlich besonders wichtige Dinge macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-wichtigtuerisch · wichtigtuerisch · German
wichtigtuerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wichtigtuerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɪçtɪçtuəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wichtigtuerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wichtigtuerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɪçtɪçtuəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verhalten einer Person, die vermeintlich besonders wichtig ist oder vermeintlich besonders wichtige Dinge macht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wichtigtuerisch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 wichtigtuerisch, spelled W-I-C-H-T-I-G-T-U-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Verhalten einer Person, die vermeintlich besonders wichtig ist oder vermeintlich besonders wichtige Dinge macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wichtigtuerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit seinem wichtigtuerischen Gehabe kann er einem ziemlich auf den Geist gehen.“
„Der Gefängnisdirektor, ein wichtigtuerischer, cholerischer, aber unfähiger Mann macht den Häftlingen das Leben schwer,“ […].
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.