narzisstisch
[naʁˈt͡sɪstɪʃ]
The verdict
“narzisstisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #86,849 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #86,849
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - übersteigert in sich selbst verliebt, auf sich selbst bezogen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | narzisstisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [naʁˈt͡sɪstɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #86,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “narzisstisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for narzisstisch is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naʁˈt͡sɪstɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,849 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
narzisstisch has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is narzisstisch, spelled N-A-R-Z-I-S-S-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1übersteigert in sich selbst verliebt, auf sich selbst bezogen
- 2den Narzissmus betreffend oder auf dem Narzissmus beruhend
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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.
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Using “narzisstisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-A-R-Z-I-S-S-T-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [naʁˈt͡sɪstɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.