apathisch

[aˈpaːtɪʃ]

/[aˈpaːtɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“apathisch” is uncommon German (frequency #61,281 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,281
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - teilnahmslos, stumpf

Corpus desk

Index DE-apathisch · apathisch · German

apathisch · rank #61,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,281
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anzunähern

Nearest frequency peer: anzunähern (-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 „apathisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for apathisch
PropertyValue
Headwordapathisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aˈpaːtɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,281
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „apathisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).apathischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anzunähern“ (#61,280), „Apk“ (#61,282), „anzetteln“ (#61,279). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „apathisch“ bei #61,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apathisch is uncommon German at frequency #61,281 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aˈpaːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "teilnahmslos, stumpf".

apathisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is apathisch, spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    teilnahmslos, stumpf

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nachdem er die Nachricht erfahren hatte, hat er nur noch apathisch herumgesessen.

Synonyms

dumpfgleichgültiginteresselosleidenschaftsloslethargischpassivphlegmatischstumpfteilnahmslosungerührtuninteressiertlebloslustlos

Antonyms

begeisterteuphorischrege

This word in other languages

apathetic(English)apático(Español)apathique(Français)

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 "apathisch"?
"apathisch" is spelled A-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈpaːtɪʃ].
What does "apathisch" mean?
As an adjective, "apathisch" means: teilnahmslos, stumpf
How do you pronounce "apathisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apathisch" is [aˈpaːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

anzetteln#61,279Amtshilfe#61,266Alpenraum#61,262Albanisch#61,257

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list