Asketik
[asˈkeːtɪk]
The verdict
“Asketik” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Lehre von und über die Askese
Corpus desk
Index DE-asketik · Asketik · German
Asketik · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Asketik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asˈkeːtɪk] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Asketik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Asketik is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [asˈkeːtɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Lehre von und über die Askese".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Asketik, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Asketik, spelled A-S-K-E-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1die Lehre von und über die Askese
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Asketik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Speziell ihre [der Bhagavadgītā] Ethik ist eine Eklektik unterschiedlicher, ja gegensätzlicher Lehren. Theismus, Asketik, Dualismus, Yoga, Pantheismus und mitunter auch ein pragmatischer Materialismus bilden in ihr ein gewaltsam zusammengefasstes Gewirr.“
„Die meisten Menschen haben sich nach der Auffassung al-Ġazālīs ganz auf das Recht konzentriert und die Asketik vernachlässigt, obwohl diese letzere wichtiger ist.“
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.