babylonisch
[babyˈloːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“babylonisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die historische Stadt Babylon betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-babylonisch · babylonisch · German
babylonisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | babylonisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [babyˈloːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „babylonisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
babylonisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [babyˈloːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for babylonisch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is babylonisch, spelled B-A-B-Y-L-O-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die historische Stadt Babylon betreffend
- 2das historische Reich Babylonien betreffend
- 3das Babylonische (Dialekt des Akkadischen) betreffend
- 4das Babylonische Exil betreffend
- 5die Babylonier betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how babylonisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine Folge des Turmbaus zu Babel war bekanntlich die ‚babylonische Sprachverwirrung,‘ ein Zusammenhang, der im hebräischen Text etymologisierend untermauert wird, indem ‚Babel‘ auf balal ‚(Gott) verwirrte‘ zurückgeführt wird; […].“
„Gäbe es einen Preis für das babylonischste Sprachgewirr auf Erden, dann würde ihn Dubai erhalten.“
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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.