Portikus
[ˈpɔʁtikʊs]
The verdict
“Portikus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Säulengang oder -halle als Vorbau
Corpus desk
Index DE-portikus · Portikus · German
Portikus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Portikus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔʁtikʊs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Portikus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Portikus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔʁtikʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Säulengang oder -halle als Vorbau".
Portikus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Portikus, spelled P-O-R-T-I-K-U-S.
Definition
- 1Säulengang oder -halle als Vorbau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Portikus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hinter jedem dorischen oder korinthischen Portikus, hinter dem eine Zentralbehörde amtiert, ist auch eine Geheimabteilung tätig.“
„Der Lettner durchlief als freistehender Portikus die Kirche, die Vorderseite war meist mit drei Arkaden zum Brüderchor hin ausgestaltet.“
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.