-logie
[loˈɡiː]
The verdict
“-logie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Wissenschaft, die Lehre
Corpus desk
Index DE-logie · -logie · German
-logie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -logie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [loˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-logie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-logie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [loˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Wissenschaft, die Lehre".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for -logie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 -logie, spelled --L-O-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1die Wissenschaft, die Lehre
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -logie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Theologie ist das vernunftmäßige, begründete Sprechen von und über Gott.
Synonyms
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.