keltisch
[ˈkɛltɪʃ]
The verdict
“keltisch” is uncommon German (frequency #89,149 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,149
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Kelten betreffend, zu den Kelten gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-keltisch · keltisch · German
keltisch · rank #89,149 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,149
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kenianische
Nearest frequency peer: kenianische (+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 „keltisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- katastropha…
katastrophaler
10,857 corpus weight
- Katzenbabys
Katzenbabys
10,856 corpus weight
- keltisch
keltisch
10,852 corpus weight
- kenianische
kenianische
10,851 corpus weight
- KES
KES
10,849 corpus weight
- kicherte
kicherte
10,848 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „keltisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | keltisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɛltɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „keltisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
keltisch is uncommon German at frequency #89,149 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkɛltɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for keltisch in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 keltisch, spelled K-E-L-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Kelten betreffend, zu den Kelten gehörend
- 2keine Steigerung: die keltischen Sprachen betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how keltisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Keltische Kriegerscharen fielen, von Gallien kommend, in Italien ein, die Römer stellten sich ihnen in der Schlacht an der Allia und erlitten eine katastrophale Niederlage.“
„Auch treibt sich da ein gewisses keltisches Element herum zwischen den Anoraks und Fellmützen - lange Nasen - häufiger dabei in den Gesichtern von Frauen.“
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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