analphabetisch
[anʔalfaˈbeːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“analphabetisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unfähig, zu lesen und zu schreiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-analphabetisch · analphabetisch · German
analphabetisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | analphabetisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [anʔalfaˈbeːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „analphabetisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
analphabetisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [anʔalfaˈbeːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unfähig, zu lesen und zu schreiben".
No misspelling variants are generated for analphabetisch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is analphabetisch, spelled A-N-A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1unfähig, zu lesen und zu schreiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how analphabetisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In fünfzehn, manchmal sogar nur zehn Jahren wurden vollkommen analphabetische Völker mit Zeitschriften, Büchern und Magazinen in ihrer eigenen Sprache versorgt.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.