drakonisch
[dʁaˈkoːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“drakonisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr bestimmt, sehr heftig, sehr streng
Corpus desk
Index DE-drakonisch · drakonisch · German
drakonisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | drakonisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [dʁaˈkoːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „drakonisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
drakonisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [dʁaˈkoːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr bestimmt, sehr heftig, sehr streng".
drakonisch has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is drakonisch, spelled D-R-A-K-O-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1sehr bestimmt, sehr heftig, sehr streng
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drakonisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er drohte mit drakonischen Maßnahmen!
Der erste Ebola-Fall in den USA lässt die Behörden drakonische Maßnahmen ergreifen.
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.