wuselig
[ˈvuːzəlɪç]
The verdict
“wuselig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich schnell hin und her bewegend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wuselig · wuselig · German
wuselig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | wuselig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvuːzəlɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wuselig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wuselig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvuːzəlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich schnell hin und her bewegend".
wuselig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 wuselig, spelled W-U-S-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1sich schnell hin und her bewegend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wuselig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder sind heute besonders wuselig.
Deine wuselige Art heute Abend geht mir auf die Nerven.
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.