ethnographisch
[ɛtnoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]
The verdict
“ethnographisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die beschreibende Völkerkunde (Ethnographie) betreffend, auf ihr beruhend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ethnographisch · ethnographisch · German
ethnographisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | ethnographisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛtnoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ethnographisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ethnographisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛtnoˈɡʁaːfɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die beschreibende Völkerkunde (Ethnographie) betreffend, auf ihr beruhend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ethnographisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ethnographisch, spelled E-T-H-N-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die beschreibende Völkerkunde (Ethnographie) betreffend, auf ihr beruhend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ethnographisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es ist nicht unsere Aufgabe, die Abkunft und ethnographische Stellung des ägyptischen Volkes zu untersuchen. […]“
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.