fanatisch

[faˈnaːtɪʃ]

/[faˈnaːtɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“fanatisch” is uncommon German (frequency #65,192 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,192
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ereifert, sich überschwänglich einsetzend, rasend

Corpus desk

Index DE-fanatisch · fanatisch · German

fanatisch · rank #65,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,192
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Feelings

Nearest frequency peer: Feelings (+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 „fanatisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fanatisch
PropertyValue
Headwordfanatisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[faˈnaːtɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,192
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fanatisch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fanatischfällt 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: „Feelings“ (#65,193), „Fahrweg“ (#65,190), „fehlerfreie“ (#65,194). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fanatisch“ bei #65,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fanatisch is uncommon German at frequency #65,192 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [faˈnaːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ereifert, sich überschwänglich einsetzend, rasend".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fanatisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fanatisch, spelled F-A-N-A-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    ereifert, sich überschwänglich einsetzend, rasend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er ist ein fanatischer Katholik.
  2. „Die Tatsache, dass ein fanatischer Hindu Mahatma Gandhi, der sich für eine gerechte Aufteilung der Staatskasse zwischen beiden Ländern eingesetzt hatte, 1948 ermordete, zeigt, wie rasch sich die Fronten verhärtet hatten.“

This word in other languages

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 "fanatisch"?
"fanatisch" is spelled F-A-N-A-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [faˈnaːtɪʃ].
What does "fanatisch" mean?
As an adjective, "fanatisch" means: ereifert, sich überschwänglich einsetzend, rasend
How do you pronounce "fanatisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fanatisch" is [faˈnaːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fanatisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list