Heuristik
[hɔɪ̯ˈʁɪstɪk]
The verdict
“Heuristik” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Lehre und Wissenschaft von Verfahren, Probleme zu lösen; methodische Anleitung, Anweisung zur Gewinnung neuer Erkenntnisse
Corpus desk
Index DE-heuristik · Heuristik · German
Heuristik · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Heuristik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [hɔɪ̯ˈʁɪstɪk] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heuristik“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heuristik is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [hɔɪ̯ˈʁɪstɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Heuristik in our index, 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 its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 Heuristik, spelled H-E-U-R-I-S-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1Lehre und Wissenschaft von Verfahren, Probleme zu lösen; methodische Anleitung, Anweisung zur Gewinnung neuer Erkenntnisse
- 2ein aus der Heuristik [1] gewonnenes Verfahren
- 3unsicheres, inexaktes oder nicht für alle Eingabewerte funktionierendes Verfahren zur Lösung eines Problems, oft als Ersatz eines Algorithmus, der zwar theoretisch eine genauere oder sogar beste Lösung liefert, aber dazu zu viel Zeit oder zu großen anderweitigen Aufwand erfordert
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heuristik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Günther bereitete das Referat für den Schein in Heuristik vor.
„Problemspezifische Heuristiken nutzen spezielle Eigenschaften der Problemstruktur und sind deshalb bei Änderungen der Problemstellung oft nicht mehr einsetzbar.“
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.