kalifornisch
[kaliˈfɔʁnɪʃ]
The verdict
“kalifornisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien betreffend, zu ihm gehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-kalifornisch · kalifornisch · German
kalifornisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kalifornisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaliˈfɔʁnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kalifornisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kalifornisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaliˈfɔʁnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien betreffend, zu ihm gehörig".
kalifornisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is kalifornisch, spelled K-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien betreffend, zu ihm gehörig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kalifornisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Explosion eines mit 7000 Sprengbomben beladenen Munitionszuges der Marine an der Bucht von San Francisco macht die kalifornische Stadt Antilope dem Erdboden gleich.“
„In der Königsdisziplin des Klettersports durchsteigt man rund 1.000 Meter hohe Wände wie die Granitmauern des El Capitan im kalifornischen Yosemite-Nationalpark oder die des patagonischen Fitz Roy.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.