protestantisch
[pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ]
The verdict
“protestantisch” is uncommon German (frequency #59,089 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,089
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche angehörend, evangelisch-lutherische Kirchengemeinschaften sind aus der Reformation des 16. Jahrhunderts hervorgegangen und vertreten Glaubenslehren, die zum Teil...
Corpus desk
Index DE-protestantisch · protestantisch · German
protestantisch · rank #59,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,089
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Protektorat
Nearest frequency peer: Protektorat (-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 „protestantisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Professuren
Professuren
40,914 corpus weight
- Protektorat
Protektorat
40,913 corpus weight
- protestanti…
protestantisch
40,912 corpus weight
- prunk
prunk
40,911 corpus weight
- Prägungen
Prägungen
40,910 corpus weight
- Präteritum
Präteritum
40,909 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „protestantisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | protestantisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #59,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „protestantisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
protestantisch is uncommon German at frequency #59,089 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for protestantisch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is protestantisch, spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-N-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche angehörend, evangelisch-lutherische Kirchengemeinschaften sind aus der Reformation des 16. Jahrhunderts hervorgegangen und vertreten Glaubenslehren, die zum Teil im Widerspruch zum Katholizismus stehen
- 2einen Protestanten charakterisierend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how protestantisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Neue [Papst] sei zu protestantisch, zu authentisch, ein Individualist und "Andersmacher". Die Kurie werde es schwerhaben mit ihm.
Das protestantische Pfarrhaus ist ein deutscher Mythos. In den letzten Jahren der DDR war es eine Keimzelle der Revolution.
Synonyms
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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