ägäisch

[ɛˈɡɛːɪʃ]

/[ɛˈɡɛːɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“ägäisch” 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) - die Ägäis oder die geografische Region, in der sie sich befindet, betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-agaisch · ägäisch · German

ägäisch · 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 "Ä" 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.

Key facts for ägäisch
PropertyValue
Headwordägäisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛˈɡɛːɪʃ]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ägäisch“ im Deutschen

ägäischliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ägäisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛˈɡɛːɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Ägäis oder die geografische Region, in der sie sich befindet, betreffend".

No misspelling variants are generated for ägäisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 ägäisch, spelled Ä-G-Ä-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Ägäis oder die geografische Region, in der sie sich befindet, betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ägäisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Reisende, die behaupten, ein ägäisches Eiland gleiche dem anderen, da alle das nämliche Meer umspült, sollten sich nach Tagen auf Kreta oder Rhodos karpathesischer Abgeschiedenheit aussetzen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ägäisch"?
"ägäisch" is spelled Ä-G-Ä-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛˈɡɛːɪʃ].
What does "ägäisch" mean?
As an adjective, "ägäisch" means: die Ägäis oder die geografische Region, in der sie sich befindet, betreffend
How do you pronounce "ägäisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ägäisch" is [ɛˈɡɛːɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ägäisch" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list