etymologisch
[etymoˈloːɡɪʃ]
The verdict
“etymologisch” is uncommon German (frequency #68,197 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,197
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Etymologie betreffend, nach Art der Etymologie
Corpus desk
Index DE-etymologisch · etymologisch · German
etymologisch · rank #68,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,197
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH explodierende
Nearest frequency peer: explodierende (+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 „etymologisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erpicht
erpicht
31,808 corpus weight
- Erzeugnis
Erzeugnis
31,806 corpus weight
- etymologisch
etymologisch
31,804 corpus weight
- explodieren…
explodierende
31,803 corpus weight
- extensiv
extensiv
31,802 corpus weight
- fadenschein…
fadenscheinigen
31,801 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „etymologisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | etymologisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [etymoˈloːɡɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „etymologisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
etymologisch is uncommon German at frequency #68,197 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [etymoˈloːɡɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Etymologie betreffend, nach Art der Etymologie".
No generated misspelling entries exist for etymologisch in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is etymologisch, spelled E-T-Y-M-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Etymologie betreffend, nach Art der Etymologie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how etymologisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch etymologische Untersuchungen kann man herausfinden, woher Wörter oder auch Wortteile kommen, wie alt sie sind und wie sie sich verändert haben.
„Was man diesen beiden englischen Wörtern heutzutage nicht mehr entnehmen kann, ist die Entstehungsgeschichte ihrer sprachlichen Form und Bedeutung, ihre etymologische Herkunft.“
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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.
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