ontologisch
[ɔntoˈloːɡɪʃ]
The verdict
“ontologisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Ontologie betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ontologisch · ontologisch · German
ontologisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ontologisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɔntoˈloːɡɪʃ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ontologisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ontologisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɔntoˈloːɡɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Ontologie betreffend".
No misspelling variants are generated for ontologisch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ontologisch, spelled O-N-T-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Ontologie betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ontologisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ontologische Konzepte haben problematische Folgen für die Einschätzung der Leistungen des Bewusstseins und damit auch für die Ethik.“
„Der ontologische Gottesbeweis schlussfolgert aus dem bloßen Gedanken oder Begriff ‚Gott’, d.h. a priori, auf die Existenz Gottes. Anselm von Canterbury entwarf die erste und bekannteste Version des ontologischen Gottesbeweises: Gott ist definiert als das vollkommenste Wesen, über das hinaus nichts Vollkommeneres gedacht werden kann.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.