madegassisch
[madəˈɡasɪʃ]
The verdict
“madegassisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Madagaskar betreffend, aus Madagaskar kommend
Corpus desk
Index DE-madegassisch · madegassisch · German
madegassisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | madegassisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [madəˈɡasɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „madegassisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
madegassisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [madəˈɡasɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
madegassisch has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is madegassisch, spelled M-A-D-E-G-A-S-S-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Madagaskar betreffend, aus Madagaskar kommend
- 2zur Sprache Malagasy (Madagassisch) gehörig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how madegassisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] starke Anklänge an die Formenkreise zeigten, die wir seit DU PETIT-THOUARS' Zeiten als speciell madegassisch anzusehen gewohnt sind.
Die Art, die ich für rein madegassisch halte, musste ich zur Vorsicht hier aufnehmen, da sie auch vom Festlande angeführt wurde, […]
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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.