kopernikanisch
[kopɛʁniˈkaːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“kopernikanisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von Nikolaus Kopernikus stammend, ihn und seine Werke betreffend/auf ihnen basierend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kopernikanisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kopɛʁniˈkaːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kopernikanisch” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kopernikanisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kopɛʁniˈkaːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Nikolaus Kopernikus stammend, ihn und seine Werke betreffend/auf ihnen basierend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kopernikanisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is kopernikanisch, spelled K-O-P-E-R-N-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1von Nikolaus Kopernikus stammend, ihn und seine Werke betreffend/auf ihnen basierend
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.
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Using “kopernikanisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-P-E-R-N-I-K-A-N-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.