festliches

[ˈfɛstlɪçəs]

/[ˈfɛstlɪçəs]/ adj

The verdict

“festliches” is uncommon German (frequency #77,958 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,958
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-festliches · festliches · German

festliches · rank #77,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,958
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH festnageln

Nearest frequency peer: festnageln (+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 „festliches“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for festliches
PropertyValue
Headwordfestliches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɛstlɪçəs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „festliches“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).festlichesfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „festnageln“ (#77,959), „feststelle“ (#77,960), „Fernreisen“ (#77,955). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „festliches“ bei #77,958. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

festliches is uncommon German at frequency #77,958 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɛstlɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for festliches in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is festliches, spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich

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 "festliches"?
"festliches" is spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstlɪçəs].
What does "festliches" mean?
As an adjective, "festliches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs festlich
How do you pronounce "festliches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "festliches" is [ˈfɛstlɪçəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "festliches" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list