Fernsicht

[ˈfɛʁnˌzɪçt]

/[ˈfɛʁnˌzɪçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Fernsicht” is uncommon German (frequency #67,205 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,205
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freier Blick auf große Entfernung

Corpus desk

Index DE-fernsicht · Fernsicht · German

Fernsicht · rank #67,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,205
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Felsberg

Nearest frequency peer: Felsberg (-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 „Fernsicht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fernsicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordFernsicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛʁnˌzɪçt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fernsicht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Fernsichtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Felsberg“ (#67,204), „Ferraris“ (#67,206), „feinstes“ (#67,203). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fernsicht“ bei #67,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fernsicht is uncommon German at frequency #67,205 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛʁnˌzɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fernsicht, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fernsicht, spelled F-E-R-N-S-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    freier Blick auf große Entfernung
  2. 2
    die Qualität, in der weit entfernte Gegenstände zu sehen sind

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Von diesem Standort aus hat man eine hervorragende Fernsicht in die Landschaft.
  2. „Die weite Fernsicht, die sich von der Höhe erschloss, auf der die zum Schutz der Brücke bestimmten russischen Batterien standen, wurde plötzlich von dem durchsichtigen Schleier eines schräg fallenden Regens verhüllt, bald öffnete sie sich wieder dem Blick ebenso plötzlich, und man konnte im Sonnenschein selbst die fernsten Gegenstände glänzen sehen, als…

Synonyms

Antonyms

Nahsicht

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 "Fernsicht"?
"Fernsicht" is spelled F-E-R-N-S-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛʁnˌzɪçt].
What does "Fernsicht" mean?
As a noun, "Fernsicht" means: freier Blick auf große Entfernung
How do you pronounce "Fernsicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fernsicht" is [ˈfɛʁnˌzɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fernsicht" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Fernsicht", 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