archaisch
[aʁˈçaːɪʃ]
The verdict
“archaisch” is uncommon German (frequency #68,992 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,992
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von den frühen Anfängen; zur Frühzeit gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-archaisch · archaisch · German
archaisch · rank #68,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,992
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitslosenz…
Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitslosenzahl (-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 „archaisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- anziehende
anziehende
31,012 corpus weight
- Arbeitslose…
Arbeitslosenzahl
31,010 corpus weight
- archaisch
archaisch
31,009 corpus weight
- Aster
Aster
31,007 corpus weight
- aufblasbare
aufblasbare
31,005 corpus weight
- Aufenthalts…
Aufenthaltsstatus
31,004 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „archaisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | archaisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aʁˈçaːɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „archaisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
archaisch is uncommon German at frequency #68,992 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aʁˈçaːɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for archaisch in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is archaisch, spelled A-R-C-H-A-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1von den frühen Anfängen; zur Frühzeit gehörend
- 2überholt, veraltet
- 3der archaischen, vorklassischen Epoche (Archaik) angehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how archaisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Vielleicht war der Einfluß des archaischen Althirns zu stark, als daß sich die dünne Stimme von oben durchsetzen konnte.“
„Tatsache nun aber ist, daß wirklich Volk immer Volk bleibt, wenigstens in einer bestimmten Schicht seines Wesens, eben der archaischen, und daß Leute und Nachbarn vom Kleinen Gelbgießer-Gang, die am Wahltage einen sozialdemokratischen Stimmzettel abgaben, gleichzeitig imstande waren, in der Armut eines Mütterchens, das sich keine oberirdische Wohnung lei…
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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