ägyptisch

[ɛˈɡʏptɪʃ]

/[ɛˈɡʏptɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“ägyptisch” is uncommon German (frequency #77,602 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,602
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu Ägypten gehörig, aus Ägypten kommend

Corpus desk

Index DE-agyptisch · ägyptisch · German

ägyptisch · rank #77,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,602
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH ärgerst

Nearest frequency peer: ärgerst (+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 „ägyptisch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ägyptisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ägyptisch
PropertyValue
Headwordägyptisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛˈɡʏptɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ägyptisch“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ägyptischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ärgerst“ (#77,603), „zünftigen“ (#77,600), „école“ (#77,604). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „ägyptisch“ bei #77,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ägyptisch is uncommon German at frequency #77,602 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛˈɡʏptɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ägyptisch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 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 ägyptisch, spelled Ä-G-Y-P-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu Ägypten gehörig, aus Ägypten kommend
  2. 2
    zum Volk der Ägypter gehörig
  3. 3
    zur Sprache Ägyptisch gehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der ägyptische Außenminister ist heute in Berlin.
  2. „Die Niederlage der athenischen Flotte im Nildelta gegen persische Schiffe beendet die griechische Intervention im ägyptischen Aufstand.“

This word in other languages

Egyptian(English)egipcio(Español)égyptien(Français)egípcio(Português)

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 "ägyptisch"?
"ägyptisch" is spelled Ä-G-Y-P-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛˈɡʏptɪʃ].
What does "ägyptisch" mean?
As an adjective, "ägyptisch" means: zu Ägypten gehörig, aus Ägypten kommend
How do you pronounce "ägyptisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ägyptisch" is [ɛˈɡʏptɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ägyptisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ägyptisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zünftigen#77,600Zugbrücke#77,587abzuraten#77,632Wädenswil#77,572

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list