heuristisch
[hɔɪ̯ˈʁɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“heuristisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die Lehre der Auffindung von Erkenntnissen auf methodischem Weg (Heuristik) bezogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heuristisch · heuristisch · German
heuristisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | heuristisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [hɔɪ̯ˈʁɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heuristisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heuristisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [hɔɪ̯ˈʁɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
heuristisch has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is heuristisch, spelled H-E-U-R-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf die Lehre der Auffindung von Erkenntnissen auf methodischem Weg (Heuristik) bezogen
- 2unter geringem Aufwand kein optimales, aber ein meist brauchbares Ergebnis liefernd
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heuristisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So sind heuristische Prinzipien Hilfsmittel beziehungsweise vorläufige Annahmen der Forschung, von denen man sich neue Erkenntnisse erhofft.
„Der Bibliograph muß sich entscheiden, ob er positivistisch-konservierend oder durch seine hermeneutischen Vorentscheidungen heuristisch arbeiten will. “
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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.