kosmopolitisch

/[ˌkɔsmopoˈliːtɪʃ]/ adj

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14 characters

Language

German

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kosmopolitisch is anGermanadj. It means: sich als Weltbürger verstehend, weltoffen denkend, sich überall zuhause fühlend Pronounced [ˌkɔsmopoˈliːtɪʃ].

Key facts for kosmopolitisch
PropertyValue
Headwordkosmopolitisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˌkɔsmopoˈliːtɪʃ]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

kosmopolitisch is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kosmopolitisch is 14 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌkɔsmopoˈliːtɪʃ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for kosmopolitisch in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kosmopolitisch, spelled K-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich als Weltbürger verstehend, weltoffen denkend, sich überall zuhause fühlend
  2. 2
    in vielen Teilen der Welt verbreitet (Pflanzen, Tiere etc.)
  3. 3
    die Anschauung des Kosmopolitismus (dem imperialistischen Streben der Großmächte nach Weltherrschaft) vertretend

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kosmopolitisch"?
"kosmopolitisch" is spelled K-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌkɔsmopoˈliːtɪʃ].
What does "kosmopolitisch" mean?
As an adj, "kosmopolitisch" means: sich als Weltbürger verstehend, weltoffen denkend, sich überall zuhause fühlend
How do you pronounce "kosmopolitisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kosmopolitisch" is [ˌkɔsmopoˈliːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kosmopolitisch" come from?
"kosmopolitisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.