platonisch
[plaˈtoːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“platonisch” is uncommon German (frequency #77,176 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,176
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Lehre Platons betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-platonisch · platonisch · German
platonisch · rank #77,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,176
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Planstellen
Nearest frequency peer: Planstellen (-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 „platonisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Pionierin
Pionierin
22,828 corpus weight
- pixar
pixar
22,827 corpus weight
- Planstellen
Planstellen
22,826 corpus weight
- platonisch
platonisch
22,825 corpus weight
- Plattenladen
Plattenladen
22,824 corpus weight
- pleasant
pleasant
22,823 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „platonisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | platonisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [plaˈtoːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „platonisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
platonisch is uncommon German at frequency #77,176 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [plaˈtoːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for platonisch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is platonisch, spelled P-L-A-T-O-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Lehre Platons betreffend
- 2Eigenschaft einer Beziehung, rein geistlicher oder seelischer Natur zu sein
- 3Eigenschaft eines Körpers, von kongruenten regelmäßigen Vielecken derselben Seitenzahl begrenzt zu sein, sowie dass dessen sämtliche Eckpunkte dieselbe Kantenzahl haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how platonisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In der Naturphilosophie, die Contarini später darauf aufbaut, nimmt der aristotelisch-platonische Konkordismus eine avicennistische Gestalt an …“
Sie sind enge Freunde, aber das Verhältnis ist ausschließlich platonisch.
Antonyms
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.
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