Deixis
German, noun/ˈdɛɪ̯ksɪs/
Deixis is spelled D-E-I-X-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deixis is a German feminine noun meaning “deixis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verweis mit sprachlichen Ausdrücken auf Personen, Zeit oder Ort der Gesprächssituation oder auf eine andere…”.
What does Deixis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedeixis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verweis mit sprachlichen Ausdrücken auf Personen, Zeit oder Ort der Gesprächssituation oder auf eine andere Stelle im gleichen Text
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Deixis?
- /ˈdɛɪ̯ksɪs/
- /ˈdaɪ̯ksɪs/
- [ˈdɛɪ̯ksɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Deixis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Deixis in German?
Deixis appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).