gegnerisch
[ˈɡeːɡnəʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“gegnerisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Gegner betreffend, gehörend oder von ihm ausgehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-gegnerisch · gegnerisch · German
gegnerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gegnerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡeːɡnəʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gegnerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gegnerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡeːɡnəʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Gegner betreffend, gehörend oder von ihm ausgehend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gegnerisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is gegnerisch, spelled G-E-G-N-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Gegner betreffend, gehörend oder von ihm ausgehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gegnerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Verhaltensbiologie verwendet man den Ausdruck Aggression für Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Artgenossen oder auch zwischen den Vertretern verschiedener Arten; Aggressivität ist die Bereitschaft zur gegnerischen Auseinandersetzung.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.