geistlich

[ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç]

/[ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“geistlich” is uncommon German (frequency #59,677 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,677
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Religion bezogen, die Religion betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-geistlich · geistlich · German

geistlich · rank #59,677 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,677
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Geisterstadt

Nearest frequency peer: Geisterstadt (-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 „geistlich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geistlich
PropertyValue
Headwordgeistlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,677
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „geistlich“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Geisterstadt“ (#59,676), „gekrönten“ (#59,678), „gehänselt“ (#59,675). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „geistlich“ bei #59,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geistlich is uncommon German at frequency #59,677 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Religion bezogen, die Religion betreffend".

No generated misspelling entries exist for geistlich in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is geistlich, spelled G-E-I-S-T-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf Religion bezogen, die Religion betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das geistliche Amt war jetzt - durchaus im evangelischen Sinne - in erster Linie ein Lehramt.“
  2. „Im geistlichen Kurfürstentum Köln hatten inzwischen ebenfalls die Hexenprozesse sich zu häufen begonnen.“

Synonyms

theologisch

Antonyms

weltlich

This word in other languages

spiritual(English)espiritual(Español)religieux(Français)

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 "geistlich"?
"geistlich" is spelled G-E-I-S-T-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç].
What does "geistlich" mean?
As an adjective, "geistlich" means: auf Religion bezogen, die Religion betreffend
How do you pronounce "geistlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "geistlich" is [ˈɡaɪ̯stlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "geistlich" come from?
"geistlich" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gekrönten#59,678gehänselt#59,675geduldete#59,670genauerem#59,685

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list