achtsam
[ˈaxtˌzaːm]
The verdict
“achtsam” is uncommon German (frequency #51,086 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,086
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschehnisse mit erhöhter Aufmerksamkeit verfolgend
Corpus desk
Index DE-achtsam · achtsam · German
achtsam · rank #51,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,086
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abändern
Nearest frequency peer: abändern (-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 „achtsam“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- absenken
absenken
48,918 corpus weight
- abzuwickeln
abzuwickeln
48,917 corpus weight
- abändern
abändern
48,916 corpus weight
- achtsam
achtsam
48,915 corpus weight
- Aderlass
Aderlass
48,914 corpus weight
- Adriano
Adriano
48,912 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „achtsam“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achtsam |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaxtˌzaːm] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „achtsam“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
achtsam is uncommon German at frequency #51,086 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaxtˌzaːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for achtsam in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 achtsam, spelled A-C-H-T-S-A-M.
Definition
- 1Geschehnisse mit erhöhter Aufmerksamkeit verfolgend
- 2etwas mit großer Sorgfalt ausübend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how achtsam appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unsere Maßnahme dient der Prävention. Und ich denke, es ist gut, wenn wir besonders achtsam sind.“
„Die Therapie besteht zum großen Teil darin, Patienten eine achtsame Haltung zu vermitteln: eine offene, unvoreingenommene Geisteshaltung, die die Aufmerksamkeit auf das Hier und Jetzt lenkt, auf aktuelles Tun, momentane Gefühle und Körperempfindungen, ohne sie zu bewerten oder abzuschätzen.“
Antonyms
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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