ätherisch
[ɛˈteːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“ätherisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne viel Substanz; sehr zart, eher vergeistigt als körperlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-atherisch · ätherisch · German
ätherisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ä" 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 | ätherisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛˈteːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ätherisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ätherisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛˈteːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ätherisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ätherisch, spelled Ä-T-H-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1ohne viel Substanz; sehr zart, eher vergeistigt als körperlich
- 2nicht von dieser Welt; himmlisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ätherisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Manchmal klingen sie [das Jazz-Trio Rusconi] so wuchtig wie eine Rockband, dann so ätherisch wie durchreisende Singer-Songwriter mit leichtem Gepäck.
Eine wichtige Frage aber bildete nunmehr die körperliche Beschaffenheit der Engel. Da sie zwischen Gott und den Menschen standen, mußte ihr Leib feiner als der menschliche Leib sein, ätherisch, unkörperlich, aber doch nicht ganz aus Licht wie Gottes Leib, sondern gewoben aus Licht und Luft.
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.