herbstliche

[ˈhɛʁpstlɪçə]

/[ˈhɛʁpstlɪçə]/ adj

The verdict

“herbstliche” is uncommon German (frequency #57,944 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,944
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-herbstliche · herbstliche · German

herbstliche · rank #57,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,944
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH herauszuarbei…

Nearest frequency peer: herauszuarbeiten (-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 „herbstliche“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for herbstliche
PropertyValue
Headwordherbstliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈhɛʁpstlɪçə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#57,944
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „herbstliche“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).herbstlichefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „herauszuarbeiten“ (#57,943), „heroischen“ (#57,945), „Helmen“ (#57,941). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „herbstliche“ bei #57,944. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

herbstliche is uncommon German at frequency #57,944 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈhɛʁpstlɪçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herbstliche, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is herbstliche, spelled H-E-R-B-S-T-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich

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 "herbstliche"?
"herbstliche" is spelled H-E-R-B-S-T-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈhɛʁpstlɪçə].
What does "herbstliche" mean?
As an adjective, "herbstliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs herbstlich
How do you pronounce "herbstliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "herbstliche" is [ˈhɛʁpstlɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "herbstliche" come from?
"herbstliche" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list