humanistisch

[humaˈnɪstɪʃ]

/[humaˈnɪstɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“humanistisch” is uncommon German (frequency #59,739 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,739
frequency rank, German
3,372
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf den Humanismus bezogen, nach Maßgabe des Humanismus

Corpus desk

Index DE-humanistisch · humanistisch · German

humanistisch · rank #59,739 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,739
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,372
  • PHOTO-FINISH hora

Nearest frequency peer: hora (-2 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 „humanistisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for humanistisch
PropertyValue
Headwordhumanistisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[humaˈnɪstɪʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#59,739
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „humanistisch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.humanistischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „hora“ (#59,737), „Hummus“ (#59,741), „hopf“ (#59,736). Unter 3,372 „H“-Lemmata liegt „humanistisch“ bei #59,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

humanistisch is uncommon German at frequency #59,739 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [humaˈnɪstɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for humanistisch in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented 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 humanistisch, spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-S-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf den Humanismus bezogen, nach Maßgabe des Humanismus
  2. 2
    auf das klassische Altertum bezogen, am klassischen Altertum orientiert
  3. 3
    altsprachlich erzogen/gebildet

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how humanistisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Als ich im Jahre 1908 in der humanistischen Klasse im Mentaskólinn war, mußte ich oft über die Straße zum Oberlandesarzt gehen.“

Antonyms

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); 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 "humanistisch"?
"humanistisch" is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-S-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [humaˈnɪstɪʃ].
What does "humanistisch" mean?
As an adjective, "humanistisch" means: auf den Humanismus bezogen, nach Maßgabe des Humanismus
How do you pronounce "humanistisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "humanistisch" is [humaˈnɪstɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list