germanisch

[ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ]

/[ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“germanisch” is uncommon German (frequency #58,808 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,808
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-germanisch · germanisch · German

germanisch · rank #58,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,808
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gerichtsstand

Nearest frequency peer: Gerichtsstand (-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 „germanisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for germanisch
PropertyValue
Headwordgermanisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „germanisch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Gerichtsstand“ (#58,807), „Gesamtvolumen“ (#58,809), „gereiht“ (#58,806). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „germanisch“ bei #58,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

germanisch is uncommon German at frequency #58,808 among 5,117 “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

  1. 1
    die Germanen betreffend
  2. 2
    Germanien betreffend
  3. 3
    die germanische Sprachgruppe betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Aber der germanischste von uns, das ist dein Bruder Roger.“
  2. „Der Dunkelheit ihres Teints, der Schwärze ihres Scheitels und ihrer still und freundlich blickenden Augen nach hätte man sie für eine Welsche halten können, wenn nicht doch eine gewisse germanische Derbheit der Gesichtsbildung dem widersprochen hätte.“

Antonyms

baltischkeltischromanischslawisch

This word in other languages

Germanic(English)germánico(Español)germain(Français)germânico(Português)

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 "germanisch"?
"germanisch" is spelled G-E-R-M-A-N-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ].
What does "germanisch" mean?
As an adjective, "germanisch" means: die Germanen betreffend
How do you pronounce "germanisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "germanisch" is [ˌɡɛʁˈmaːnɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "germanisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geschwänzt#58,812gespoilert#58,816Frischluft#58,788friendship#58,787

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list