esoterisch

[ezoˈteːʁɪʃ]

/[ezoˈteːʁɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“esoterisch” is uncommon German (frequency #75,601 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,601
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spirituelle Weltanschauungen betreffend, welche die Entwicklung des Individuums betonen, aber keine Religionen im engeren Sinne sind

Corpus desk

Index DE-esoterisch · esoterisch · German

esoterisch · rank #75,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,601
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erzählens

Nearest frequency peer: Erzählens (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „esoterisch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „esoterisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for esoterisch
PropertyValue
Headwordesoterisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ezoˈteːʁɪʃ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „esoterisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).esoterischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erzählens“ (#75,600), „Esskultur“ (#75,602), „erträgliche“ (#75,599). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „esoterisch“ bei #75,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

esoterisch is uncommon German at frequency #75,601 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ezoˈteːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

esoterisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is esoterisch, spelled E-S-O-T-E-R-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    spirituelle Weltanschauungen betreffend, welche die Entwicklung des Individuums betonen, aber keine Religionen im engeren Sinne sind
  2. 2
    nur für Eingeweihte ersichtlich, (geistig) zugänglich

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how esoterisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Je mehr Globuli, desto esoterischer das Gesundheitsministerium.“
  2. Handlesen, Pendeln und Kartenlegen sind klassische esoterische Praktiken.

Synonyms

magischmetaphysischokkulttranszendentübersinnlichunüberprüfbargeheimwissenschaftlich

Antonyms

exoterisch

This word in other languages

ésotérique(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "esoterisch"?
"esoterisch" is spelled E-S-O-T-E-R-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ezoˈteːʁɪʃ].
What does "esoterisch" mean?
As an adjective, "esoterisch" means: spirituelle Weltanschauungen betreffend, welche die Entwicklung des Individuums betonen, aber keine Religionen im engeren Sinne sind
How do you pronounce "esoterisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "esoterisch" is [ezoˈteːʁɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "esoterisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "esoterisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Essstörung#75,603Erstwähler#75,598erregenden#75,594Exporteure#75,608

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list