belletristisch
[bɛleˈtʁɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“belletristisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Art der Belletristik, zur Belletristik gehörend; schöngeistig, unterhaltend, literarisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-belletristisch · belletristisch · German
belletristisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | belletristisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bɛleˈtʁɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „belletristisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
belletristisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bɛleˈtʁɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Art der Belletristik, zur Belletristik gehörend; schöngeistig, unterhaltend, literarisch".
belletristisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is belletristisch, spelled B-E-L-L-E-T-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1in der Art der Belletristik, zur Belletristik gehörend; schöngeistig, unterhaltend, literarisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belletristisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich lese gern belletristische Literatur.
„Zunächst hatte sich Nigra als junger Mann journalistisch und auch belletristisch betätigt, und es waren besonders die Volkslieder seines engeren Vaterlandes, die ihn anzogen.“
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.