außersinnlich
[ˈaʊ̯sɐˌzɪnlɪç]
The verdict
“außersinnlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jenseits dessen, was durch die 5 menschlichen Sinne wahrzunehmen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-au-ersinnlich · außersinnlich · German
außersinnlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | außersinnlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sɐˌzɪnlɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „außersinnlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
außersinnlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sɐˌzɪnlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jenseits dessen, was durch die 5 menschlichen Sinne wahrzunehmen ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for außersinnlich, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists 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 außersinnlich, spelled A-U-S-S-E-R-S-I-N-N-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1jenseits dessen, was durch die 5 menschlichen Sinne wahrzunehmen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how außersinnlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man hat schon immer Versuche durchgeführt, die das Vorhandensein außersinnlicher Fähigkeiten beweisen sollten.
Das Außersinnliche ist das rein Geistige und an keine bestimmte sinnliche Form Gebundene.
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.