Paschtunisch
[paʃˈtuːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“Paschtunisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine der Amtssprachen Afghanistans
Corpus desk
Index DE-paschtunisch · Paschtunisch · German
Paschtunisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Paschtunisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paʃˈtuːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Paschtunisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Paschtunisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [paʃˈtuːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine der Amtssprachen Afghanistans".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Paschtunisch in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Paschtunisch, spelled P-A-S-C-H-T-U-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1eine der Amtssprachen Afghanistans
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Paschtunisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Von der ersten Ausgabe mit einem Leitartikel in Dari und in Paschtunisch wurden 20000 Exemplare verkauft.“
„die Stämme im Südwesten, in Khuzistan, sprachen Arabaisch, die Belutschen im Südosten des Landes Paschtunisch, während im Nordosten und Norden Turkmenisch gesprochen wurde.“
Synonyms
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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.