postfaktisch
[ˈpɔstˌfaktɪʃ]
The verdict
“postfaktisch” is uncommon German (frequency #74,968 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,968
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf Gefühlen, nicht auf Tatsachen beruhend
Corpus desk
Index DE-postfaktisch · postfaktisch · German
postfaktisch · rank #74,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,968
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Ponton
Nearest frequency peer: Ponton (-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 „postfaktisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- plausiblen
plausiblen
25,037 corpus weight
- polk
polk
25,036 corpus weight
- Ponton
Ponton
25,034 corpus weight
- postfaktisch
postfaktisch
25,033 corpus weight
- praise
praise
25,032 corpus weight
- princip
princip
25,029 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „postfaktisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postfaktisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpɔstˌfaktɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „postfaktisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
postfaktisch is uncommon German at frequency #74,968 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpɔstˌfaktɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf Gefühlen, nicht auf Tatsachen beruhend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for postfaktisch, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is postfaktisch, spelled P-O-S-T-F-A-K-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf Gefühlen, nicht auf Tatsachen beruhend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how postfaktisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Merkel stellte sich vors Mikro und sagte: ‚Es heißt ja neuerdings, wir lebten in postfaktischen Zeiten. Das soll wohl heißen, die Menschen interessieren sich nicht mehr für Fakten, sie folgen allein den Gefühlen.‘“
„Der Schweizer Physiker und Philosoph Eduard Kaeser sieht im postfaktischen Zeitalter die Gefahr einer ‚Demokratie der Nichtwissenwollengesellschaft‘ – als Folge der Informationsflut in der digitalen Welt, die zentrale Standards wie Objektivität und Wahrheit auswäscht.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).