byzantinisch
[byt͡sanˈtiːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“byzantinisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Byzanz, die Byzantiner betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-byzantinisch · byzantinisch · German
byzantinisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | byzantinisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [byt͡sanˈtiːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „byzantinisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
byzantinisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [byt͡sanˈtiːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for byzantinisch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is byzantinisch, spelled B-Y-Z-A-N-T-I-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Byzanz, die Byzantiner betreffend
- 2kriecherisch, schmeichlerisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how byzantinisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach den ersten Germaneneinfällen der Völkerwanderungszeit eroberten 452 Attilas Hunnen Pavia und Mailand, später regierte Theoderich der Große unter byzantinischer Oberhoheit in Pavia.“
„Was Rathenau vom Kaiser aussagt, ist noch im Tadel byzantinisch – dem Herrn Verfasser unbewußt, aber ganz und gar byzantinisch. Noch zittern die beseligenden Stunden nach, da er ›Gelegenheit hatte‹, Seiner Majestät persönlich gegenübertreten zu dürfen. Das ist ganz made in germany: noch in den harmlosen Worten, in denen Rathenau sagt, er habe mit dem Kai…
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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.