-ička

/[ɪt͡ʃka]/ suffix

Letters

5 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

-ička is aGermansuffix. It means: Suffix zur Bildung denominaler Diminutive Pronounced [ɪt͡ʃka].

Key facts for -ička
PropertyValue
Headword-ička
LanguageGerman
Part of speechSuffix
IPA[ɪt͡ʃka]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

-ička is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for -ička is 5 letters long, classified as asuffix, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪt͡ʃka]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for -ička in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is -ička, spelled --I-Č-K-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suffix zur Bildung denominaler Diminutive
  2. 2
    Suffix zur Bildung denominaler Feminina zu maskulinen Substantiven, die auf -iatr enden

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-ička"?
"-ička" is spelled --I-Č-K-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪt͡ʃka].
What does "-ička" mean?
As a suffix, "-ička" means: Suffix zur Bildung denominaler Diminutive
How do you pronounce "-ička"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-ička" is [ɪt͡ʃka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-ička" come from?
"-ička" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.