majestätisch

[majɛsˈtɛːtɪʃ]

/[majɛsˈtɛːtɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“majestätisch” is uncommon German (frequency #53,887 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,887
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch sein Erscheinungsbild Ehrfurcht gebietend

Corpus desk

Index DE-majestatisch · majestätisch · German

majestätisch · rank #53,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,887
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Magnetismus

Nearest frequency peer: Magnetismus (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „majestätisch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „majestätisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for majestätisch
PropertyValue
Headwordmajestätisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[majɛsˈtɛːtɪʃ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#53,887
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „majestätisch“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.majestätischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Magnetismus“ (#53,886), „Makedonien“ (#53,888), „Macker“ (#53,885). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „majestätisch“ bei #53,887. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

majestätisch is uncommon German at frequency #53,887 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [majɛsˈtɛːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

majestätisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 majestätisch, spelled M-A-J-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch sein Erscheinungsbild Ehrfurcht gebietend
  2. 2
    die Würde hochgestellter Persönlichkeiten betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how majestätisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Man sieht majestätische, grün bewaldete Berge, die Silhouetten der Städte Rio und Niterói und die geschwungene Brücke, die sie verbindet.“
  2. „Der Norden Pakistans ist durch majestätische Gebirge gekennzeichnet.“

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "majestätisch"?
"majestätisch" is spelled M-A-J-E-S-T-Ä-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [majɛsˈtɛːtɪʃ].
What does "majestätisch" mean?
As an adjective, "majestätisch" means: durch sein Erscheinungsbild Ehrfurcht gebietend
How do you pronounce "majestätisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "majestätisch" is [majɛsˈtɛːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "majestätisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "majestätisch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list