kategorischen

[kateˈɡoːʁɪʃn̩]

/[kateˈɡoːʁɪʃn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“kategorischen” is uncommon German (frequency #94,483 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,483
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-kategorischen · kategorischen · German

kategorischen · rank #94,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,483
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH katalytische

Nearest frequency peer: katalytische (-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 „kategorischen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kategorischen
PropertyValue
Headwordkategorischen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[kateˈɡoːʁɪʃn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#94,483
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kategorischen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).kategorischenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „katalytische“ (#94,482), „Keirin“ (#94,484), „Kastellaun“ (#94,481). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kategorischen“ bei #94,483. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kategorischen is uncommon German at frequency #94,483 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kateˈɡoːʁɪʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

kategorischen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 kategorischen, spelled K-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch

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 "kategorischen"?
"kategorischen" is spelled K-A-T-E-G-O-R-I-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kateˈɡoːʁɪʃn̩].
What does "kategorischen" mean?
As an adjective, "kategorischen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kategorisch
How do you pronounce "kategorischen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kategorischen" is [kateˈɡoːʁɪʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kategorischen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list