humanistisch
[humaˈnɪstɪʃ]
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
- honorieren
honorieren
40,266 corpus weight
- hopf
hopf
40,265 corpus weight
- hora
hora
40,264 corpus weight
- humanistisch
humanistisch
40,262 corpus weight
- Hummus
Hummus
40,260 corpus weight
- hurtig
hurtig
40,258 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „humanistisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | humanistisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [humaˈnɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #59,739 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „humanistisch“ im Deutschen
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
- 1auf den Humanismus bezogen, nach Maßgabe des Humanismus
- 2auf das klassische Altertum bezogen, am klassischen Altertum orientiert
- 3altsprachlich erzogen/gebildet
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how humanistisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.
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