hellenistisch
[hɛleˈnɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“hellenistisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Hellenismus betreffend, zu ihm gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-hellenistisch · hellenistisch · German
hellenistisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | hellenistisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [hɛleˈnɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hellenistisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hellenistisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [hɛleˈnɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Hellenismus betreffend, zu ihm gehörend".
hellenistisch has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hellenistisch, spelled H-E-L-L-E-N-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Hellenismus betreffend, zu ihm gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hellenistisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hannibals politische Konzeption gipfelte in dem Bestreben, Karthago als ein außerhalb des römischen Machtmonopols stehendes, autonomes Staatswesen zu erhalten. Das Vorbild dafür bot das politische System der hellenistischen Staaten, das durch die Herstellung eines Gleichgewichts der Kräfte die Etablierung eines allmächtigen Hegemons verhindern konnte und…
„Auf meinem Weg hindurch kam ich an weiteren, noch älteren Grabmalen vorüber, solchen aus hellenistischer Zeit.“
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.