alkoholisch
[alkoˈhoːlɪʃ]
The verdict
“alkoholisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alkohol enthaltend
Corpus desk
Index DE-alkoholisch · alkoholisch · German
alkoholisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | alkoholisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [alkoˈhoːlɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „alkoholisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
alkoholisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [alkoˈhoːlɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for alkoholisch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is alkoholisch, spelled A-L-K-O-H-O-L-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Alkohol enthaltend
- 2sich auf ethanolhaltige Getränke beziehend, durch ethanolhaltige Getränke verursacht
- 3Alkohol betreffend, die Bildung von Alkohol bewirkend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alkoholisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Behältnisse für den Verkauf von alkoholischen Getränken müssen eine Angabe über den Alkoholgehalt tragen.
„Der Zusatzstoff stabilisiert die Farbe, hilft bei der Stabilisierung von Weinstein und Metallkomplexen und sorgt dafür, dass Wein mit hohen Alkoholprozenten nicht ganz so alkoholisch schmeckt.“
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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.