nordisch
[ˈnɔʁdɪʃ]
The verdict
“nordisch” is uncommon German (frequency #50,753 among 1,954 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,753
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Norden Europas betreffend, zu ihm gehörend
Corpus desk
Index DE-nordisch · nordisch · German
nordisch · rank #50,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,753
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH nightmare
Nearest frequency peer: nightmare (-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 „nordisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- neuronale
neuronale
49,252 corpus weight
- Neustrelitz
Neustrelitz
49,251 corpus weight
- Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon
49,250 corpus weight
- nightmare
nightmare
49,249 corpus weight
- nordisch
nordisch
49,248 corpus weight
- normalisier…
normalisieren
49,245 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „nordisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nordisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈnɔʁdɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nordisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nordisch is uncommon German at frequency #50,753 among 1,954 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈnɔʁdɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Norden Europas betreffend, zu ihm gehörend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nordisch, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is nordisch, spelled N-O-R-D-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Norden Europas betreffend, zu ihm gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nordisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Vorstoß, den der nordische Pelzhandel planmäßig nach Süden unternahm, hatte seinen natürlichen Ausgangspunkt in der nordisch-schwedischen Kolonie im Gebiete der Stadt Ladoga, der Aldeigjuborg der späteren nordischen Sagas, einer Station, von der man leicht zu den nördlichen Nebenflüssen der Volga vordringen konnte, von der aber auch ein ebenso bequem…
„Indische, griechische und nordische Mythologie zeigen klare Ansätze zu einer philosophischen oder »spekulativen« Betrachtungsweise.“
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.
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