prosaisch
[pʁoˈzaːɪʃ]
The verdict
“prosaisch” 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) - in Prosa verfasst
Corpus desk
Index DE-prosaisch · prosaisch · German
prosaisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | prosaisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁoˈzaːɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prosaisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prosaisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁoˈzaːɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prosaisch has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 prosaisch, spelled P-R-O-S-A-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1in Prosa verfasst
- 2nüchtern, ohne Fantasie, ohne Poesie
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prosaisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abzählreime sind selten prosaisch.
Hitchcock's prosaisches Bühnenbild in "Rear Window" wurde erst durch die Protagonisten belebt.
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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.