cis-
[t͡sɪs]
The verdict
“cis-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diesseits
Corpus desk
Index DE-cis · cis- · German
cis- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cis- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [t͡sɪs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „cis-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
cis- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [t͡sɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cis- doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cis-, spelled C-I-S--.
Definition
- 1diesseits
- 2cisgeschlechtlich/cisident
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cis- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Angabe cislunar betrifft den Weltraum zwischen Erde und Mond.
„Entspricht sie dem bei der Geburt zugewiesenen Geschlecht, wird dies cisgeschlechtlich genannt.“
Antonyms
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.