barbarisch
[baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“barbarisch” is uncommon German (frequency #50,306 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,306
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hemmungslos grausam
Corpus desk
Index DE-barbarisch · barbarisch · German
barbarisch · rank #50,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,306
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Baldachin
Nearest frequency peer: Baldachin (-2 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 „barbarisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- AVG
AVG
49,699 corpus weight
- Bahnhofsvie…
Bahnhofsviertel
49,698 corpus weight
- Baldachin
Baldachin
49,697 corpus weight
- barbarisch
barbarisch
49,695 corpus weight
- Baustoff
Baustoff
49,692 corpus weight
- beachtlicher
beachtlicher
49,691 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „barbarisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barbarisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „barbarisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
barbarisch is uncommon German at frequency #50,306 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
barbarisch has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is barbarisch, spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1hemmungslos grausam
- 2kulturelle/zivilisatorische Grenzen verletzend
- 3alles Maß sprengend
- 4die Barbaren betreffend, auf die Barbaren bezogen, nach Art der Barbaren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how barbarisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Rund 270 Jahre nachdem Kimbern und Teutonen die Region terrorisiert hatten, drohte dem Stammland des Imperiums wieder barbarisches Unheil.“
Es uferte leider in ein barbarisches Fest aus.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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