Wortklauber
[ˈvɔʁtˌklaʊ̯bɐ]
The verdict
“Wortklauber” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die etwas Geäußertes unangemessen genau/wörtlich nimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wortklauber · Wortklauber · German
Wortklauber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Wortklauber |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔʁtˌklaʊ̯bɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wortklauber“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wortklauber is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɔʁtˌklaʊ̯bɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die etwas Geäußertes unangemessen genau/wörtlich nimmt".
Zero misspellings are on record for Wortklauber in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Wortklauber, spelled W-O-R-T-K-L-A-U-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die etwas Geäußertes unangemessen genau/wörtlich nimmt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wortklauber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss immer genau darauf achten, was man sagt, da er wirklich ein Wortklauber ist.
„Auch war er zugleich ein kalter scholastischer Wortklauber und ein begeisterter, gottberauschter Prophet.“
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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.