häretisch
[hɛˈʁeːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“häretisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine religiöse Irrlehre vertretend
Corpus desk
Index DE-haretisch · häretisch · German
häretisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | häretisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁeːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „häretisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
häretisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [hɛˈʁeːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine religiöse Irrlehre vertretend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for häretisch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is häretisch, spelled H-Ä-R-E-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine religiöse Irrlehre vertretend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how häretisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„325 wurden die Bücher des Arius und seiner Schüler nach dem Ersten Konzil von Nicäa als häretisch verbrannt. Nach ähnlichen Anordnungen in Konzilien 381, 431 und 451 wurde die Verbrennung häretischer Schriften ‚sub conspectu judicum‘ angeordnet.“
„Die Gnosis war in den ersten christlichen Jahrhunderten die größte Gefahr für die christliche Kirche geworden und im Mittelalter in der Kabbala und in verschiedenen häretischen Bewegungen wieder aufgetaucht.“
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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.