exzentrisch
[ɛksˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“exzentrisch” is uncommon German (frequency #57,838 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,838
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - außerhalb des Zentrums; nicht zentrisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-exzentrisch · exzentrisch · German
exzentrisch · rank #57,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,838
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Exponenten
Nearest frequency peer: Exponenten (-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 „exzentrisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Existenzber…
Existenzberechtigung
42,168 corpus weight
- Exorzismus
Exorzismus
42,166 corpus weight
- Explosiven
Explosiven
42,165 corpus weight
- Exponenten
Exponenten
42,164 corpus weight
- exzentrisch
exzentrisch
42,163 corpus weight
- faces
faces
42,161 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „exzentrisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „exzentrisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
exzentrisch is uncommon German at frequency #57,838 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛksˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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"
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exzentrisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei einer großen Anzahl von Stufen ist eine lange Kurbelwelle ungünstig, weil sie große Belastungen aushalten muss. Hier ist eine durchgehende Antriebswelle mit exzentrisch angebrachten Kreisscheiben besser.“
Der Maler ist sehr talentiert, aber sehr exzentrisch, weshalb es niemand lange mit ihm aushält.
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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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