afrikanisches

[afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs]

/[afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs]/ adj

The verdict

“afrikanisches” is an uncommon German word, ranked #56,732 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.

#56,732
frequency rank, German
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch

Key facts for afrikanisches
PropertyValue
Headwordafrikanisches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs]
Letters13
Frequency rank#56,732
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “afrikanisches” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). afrikanisches lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for afrikanisches is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,732 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for afrikanisches, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is afrikanisches, spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "afrikanisches"?
"afrikanisches" is spelled A-F-R-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs].
What does "afrikanisches" mean?
As an adjective, "afrikanisches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs afrikanisch
How do you pronounce "afrikanisches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "afrikanisches" is [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "afrikanisches" come from?
"afrikanisches" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “afrikanisches”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-F-R-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [afʁiˈkaːnɪʃəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list