zappelig
[ˈt͡sapəlɪç]
The verdict
“zappelig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - andauernd in Bewegung, unfähig, seinen Bewegungsdrang zu beherrschen
Corpus desk
Index DE-zappelig · zappelig · German
zappelig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zappelig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sapəlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zappelig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zappelig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sapəlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "andauernd in Bewegung, unfähig, seinen Bewegungsdrang zu beherrschen".
No misspelling variants are generated for zappelig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zappelig, spelled Z-A-P-P-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1andauernd in Bewegung, unfähig, seinen Bewegungsdrang zu beherrschen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zappelig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist aber mal ein zappliges Kind.
Sei nicht so zappelig!
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.