germanisch
[ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“germanisch” is uncommon German (frequency #58,808 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,808
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Germanen betreffend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | germanisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “germanisch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
germanisch is uncommon German at frequency #58,808 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for germanisch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is germanisch, spelled G-E-R-M-A-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Germanen betreffend
- 2Germanien betreffend
- 3die germanische Sprachgruppe betreffend
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “germanisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-R-M-A-N-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.