exzentrisch
[ɛksˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“exzentrisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #57,838 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #57,838
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - außerhalb des Zentrums; nicht zentrisch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exzentrisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛksˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #57,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exzentrisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for exzentrisch is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛksˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,838 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for exzentrisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is exzentrisch, spelled E-X-Z-E-N-T-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1außerhalb des Zentrums; nicht zentrisch
- 2deutlich von den gesellschaftlichen Normen abweichend, oft euphemistisch für "merkwürdig" oder "abnormal"
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-X-Z-E-N-T-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.