kaukasisch
[kaʊ̯ˈkaːzɪʃ]
The verdict
“kaukasisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Kaukasus betreffend; aus dem Kaukasus stammend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kaukasisch · kaukasisch · German
kaukasisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | kaukasisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kaʊ̯ˈkaːzɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kaukasisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kaukasisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kaʊ̯ˈkaːzɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kaukasisch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is kaukasisch, spelled K-A-U-K-A-S-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Kaukasus betreffend; aus dem Kaukasus stammend
- 2hellhäutig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kaukasisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Allein schon der Gedanke an diese kaukasische Küche versetzt mich in eine hungrige Laune, die das ruhige, ausgewogene Schreiben unmöglich macht.“
„Die kaukasische Race wird durchweg in wahrhaft furchtbarer Weise durch die Sümpfe beeinflusst: erfahrungsgemäss sind die Todtenzahlen ausgebreiteter Sumpfdistrikte enorm, die mittlere Lebensdauer auffallend geringer als in andern Gegenden;“
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.