olympisch

[oˈlʏmpɪʃ]

/[oˈlʏmpɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“olympisch” is uncommon German (frequency #83,123 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,123
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die Olympischen Spiele bezogen

Corpus desk

Index DE-olympisch · olympisch · German

olympisch · rank #83,123 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,123
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Omelett

Nearest frequency peer: Omelett (+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 „olympisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for olympisch
PropertyValue
Headwordolympisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[oˈlʏmpɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,123
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „olympisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).olympischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Omelett“ (#83,124), „Offizin“ (#83,121), „ong“ (#83,125). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „olympisch“ bei #83,123. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

olympisch is uncommon German at frequency #83,123 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oˈlʏmpɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for olympisch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is olympisch, spelled O-L-Y-M-P-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf die Olympischen Spiele bezogen
  2. 2
    auf den Berg Olymp bezogen
  3. 3
    auf die Stadt Olympia bezogen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Volleyball ist eine olympische Disziplin.
  2. „Baseball bei den Männern und Softball bei den Frauen waren zuletzt 2020 Teil des olympischen Programms, in Paris im kommenden Jahr sind die Sportarten nicht dabei.“

Antonyms

unolympisch

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 "olympisch"?
"olympisch" is spelled O-L-Y-M-P-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [oˈlʏmpɪʃ].
What does "olympisch" mean?
As an adjective, "olympisch" means: auf die Olympischen Spiele bezogen
How do you pronounce "olympisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "olympisch" is [oˈlʏmpɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "olympisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list