heidnisch
[ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃ]
The verdict
“heidnisch” 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) - die Heiden betreffend, charakteristisch für Heiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-heidnisch · heidnisch · German
heidnisch · 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 | heidnisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heidnisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heidnisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhaɪ̯tnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Heiden betreffend, charakteristisch für Heiden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for heidnisch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is heidnisch, spelled H-E-I-D-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Heiden betreffend, charakteristisch für Heiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heidnisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"So etwa das Osterreiten: Dieser Brauch hat - wie so viele - einen heidnischen Ursprung."
„Die verfolgten Christen wurden gezwungen, wenn sie nicht untergehen wollten, sich zu organisieren, neue Kraft zu schöpfen und den Kampf gegen die heidnische Militanz anzunehmen.“
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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.