conscious
[ˈkɒnʃəs]
The verdict
“conscious” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - bei Bewusstsein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conscious |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɒnʃəs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conscious” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for conscious is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɒnʃəs]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for conscious, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 conscious, spelled C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1bei Bewusstsein
- 2wach
- 3[Entscheidung, Handlung; Schuld, Lüg(n)e(r)] bewusst, absichtlich (überlegt, wissentlich)
- 4nach einem Substantiv [Mode-, Trend-, Preis-, Gesundheits-, …] bewusst
- 5sich (einer Sache) bewusst sein
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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.
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Using “conscious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkɒnʃəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.