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 September 3, 2026) - von Nikolaus Kopernikus stammend, ihn und seine Werke betreffend/auf ihnen basierend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kopernikanisch · kopernikanisch · German
kopernikanisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | kopernikanisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kopɛʁniˈkaːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kopernikanisch“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kopernikanisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In diesen Bänden findet sich die erste Darstellung der kopernikanischen Theorie in englischer Sprache.“
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.