kaiserlich
[ˈkaɪ̯zɐˌlɪç]
The verdict
“kaiserlich” is uncommon German (frequency #50,616 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,616
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dem Kaiser zugehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaiserlich · kaiserlich · German
kaiserlich · rank #50,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,616
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kaffeepause
Nearest frequency peer: Kaffeepause (-1 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 „kaiserlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- journalisti…
journalistischer
49,388 corpus weight
- Kaffeepause
Kaffeepause
49,386 corpus weight
- kaiserlich
kaiserlich
49,385 corpus weight
- Kannen
Kannen
49,384 corpus weight
- Kannibalism…
Kannibalismus
49,383 corpus weight
- Kanzlerscha…
Kanzlerschaft
49,382 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kaiserlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kaiserlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkaɪ̯zɐˌlɪç] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kaiserlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kaiserlich is uncommon German at frequency #50,616 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkaɪ̯zɐˌlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for kaiserlich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is kaiserlich, spelled K-A-I-S-E-R-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1dem Kaiser zugehörend
- 2großartig, entsprechend einem Kaiser
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kaiserlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch den kaiserlichen Befehl begann der Sturm auf die Stadt.
„Auf dem Gelände der kaiserlichen Gardetruppen, deren Kaserne er abzureißen befahl, ließ Konstantin die Lateranbasilika errichten, die sich im Laufe der Jahrhunderte als Mittelpunkt der westlichen Christenheit behaupten sollte.“
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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