päpstlich
[ˈpɛːpstlɪç]
The verdict
“päpstlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Papst betreffend, zu ihm gehörig, in der Art des Papstes
Corpus desk
Index DE-papstlich · päpstlich · German
päpstlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | päpstlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɛːpstlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „päpstlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
päpstlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɛːpstlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Papst betreffend, zu ihm gehörig, in der Art des Papstes".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for päpstlich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is päpstlich, spelled P-Ä-P-S-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Papst betreffend, zu ihm gehörig, in der Art des Papstes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how päpstlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach der vom englischen Parlament gebilligten „Statute of Praemunire“ dürfen englische Geistliche weder in kirchlichen noch weltlichen Fragen außerenglische oder päpstliche Stellen bemühen.“
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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.