ökumenischer
[økuˈmeːnɪʃɐ]
The verdict
“ökumenischer” is uncommon German (frequency #63,982 among 533 “Ö” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,982
- frequency rank, German
- 533
- “Ö” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ökumenisch
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ökumenischer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [økuˈmeːnɪʃɐ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ökumenischer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ökumenischer is uncommon German at frequency #63,982 among 533 “Ö” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [økuˈmeːnɪʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ökumenischer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ökumenischer, spelled Ö-K-U-M-E-N-I-S-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ökumenisch
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ökumenisch
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ökumenisch
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ökumenisch
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs ökumenisch
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 “ökumenischer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ö-K-U-M-E-N-I-S-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [økuˈmeːnɪʃɐ] (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.