astronomisch

[astʁoˈnoːmɪʃ]

/[astʁoˈnoːmɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“astronomisch” is uncommon German (frequency #66,985 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,985
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Astronomie betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-astronomisch · astronomisch · German

astronomisch · rank #66,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,985
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Atoll

Nearest frequency peer: Atoll (+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 „astronomisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for astronomisch
PropertyValue
Headwordastronomisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[astʁoˈnoːmɪʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „astronomisch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.astronomischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Atoll“ (#66,986), „Arbeitsverhältnissen“ (#66,983), „Attischen“ (#66,987). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „astronomisch“ bei #66,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

astronomisch is uncommon German at frequency #66,985 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [astʁoˈnoːmɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

astronomisch has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 astronomisch, spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Astronomie betreffend
  2. 2
    sehr groß

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Für astronomische Beobachtungen benötigt man ein gutes Fernrohr.
  2. „Der Auf- und Untergang der Sonne, des Mondes, der Lichtwechsel des Mondes, der Venus, des Saturnringes und viele andere bedeutsame Erscheinungen entsprachen ihrer Voraussage in den astronomischen Jahrbüchern.“

This word in other languages

astronomical(English)astronómica(Español)astronomique(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 "astronomisch"?
"astronomisch" is spelled A-S-T-R-O-N-O-M-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [astʁoˈnoːmɪʃ].
What does "astronomisch" mean?
As an adjective, "astronomisch" means: die Astronomie betreffend
How do you pronounce "astronomisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astronomisch" is [astʁoˈnoːmɪʃ]. 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 "astronomisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

auffälligste#66,990aufrichtiger#66,992ansteckenden#66,975aufzumuntern#66,995

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list