geodätisch
[ɡeoˈdɛːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“geodätisch” 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) - die Geodäsie betreffend, mit den Mitteln/Verfahren der Geodäsie
Corpus desk
Index DE-geodatisch · geodätisch · German
geodätisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | geodätisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɡeoˈdɛːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „geodätisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
geodätisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɡeoˈdɛːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Geodäsie betreffend, mit den Mitteln/Verfahren der Geodäsie".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geodätisch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is geodätisch, spelled G-E-O-D-Ä-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Geodäsie betreffend, mit den Mitteln/Verfahren der Geodäsie
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how geodätisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die überwiegend auf Routenaufnahmen basierende Kartenherstellung wird wenig später durch das geodätische Verfahren der Triangulation ersetzt.“
This word in other languages
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.