futuristisch

[futuˈʁɪstɪʃ]

/[futuˈʁɪstɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“futuristisch” is uncommon German (frequency #70,284 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,284
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Futurismus betreffend, Merkmale des Futurismus aufweisend

Corpus desk

Index DE-futuristisch · futuristisch · German

futuristisch · rank #70,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,284
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fälscht

Nearest frequency peer: fälscht (+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 „futuristisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for futuristisch
PropertyValue
Headwordfuturistisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[futuˈʁɪstɪʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#70,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „futuristisch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.futuristischfällt 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: „fälscht“ (#70,285), „Führungswechsel“ (#70,286), „fundiertes“ (#70,281). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „futuristisch“ bei #70,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

futuristisch is uncommon German at frequency #70,284 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [futuˈʁɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for futuristisch, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is futuristisch, spelled F-U-T-U-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Futurismus betreffend, Merkmale des Futurismus aufweisend
  2. 2
    die Futurologie betreffend, zu ihr gehörend
  3. 3
    wie aus der Zukunft wirkend, modern und innovativ gestaltet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Ein extravaganter Bau mit futuristischer Formensprache und rund 13.000 m² Gesamtnutzfläche sollte auf dem im Süden der Hansestadt gelegenen Campus entstehen.“

Synonyms

futurisch

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 "futuristisch"?
"futuristisch" is spelled F-U-T-U-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [futuˈʁɪstɪʃ].
What does "futuristisch" mean?
As an adjective, "futuristisch" means: den Futurismus betreffend, Merkmale des Futurismus aufweisend
How do you pronounce "futuristisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "futuristisch" is [futuˈʁɪstɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

festzumachen#70,255festgesetzte#70,254Fehlgeburten#70,251getrocknetes#70,321

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list