autobiographisch
[ˌaʊ̯tobioˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]
The verdict
“autobiographisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Autobiographie betreffend, auf der Autobiographie beruhend, in der Form einer Autobiographie
Corpus desk
Index DE-autobiographisch · autobiographisch · German
autobiographisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | autobiographisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌaʊ̯tobioˈɡʁaːfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „autobiographisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
autobiographisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌaʊ̯tobioˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
autobiographisch has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is autobiographisch, spelled A-U-T-O-B-I-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Autobiographie betreffend, auf der Autobiographie beruhend, in der Form einer Autobiographie
- 2die eigene Lebensgeschichte betreffend, das eigene Leben beschreibend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how autobiographisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So verwundert es nicht, dass die Mehrzahl der von Roma geschriebenen literarischen Werke entweder Autobiographien sind oder autobiographische Züge tragen.“
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.