protestantisch

/[pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ]/ adj

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,089

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

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protestantisch is anGermanadj. It means: der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche angehörend, evangelisch-lutherische Kirchengemeinschaften sind aus der Reformation des 16. Jahrhunderts hervorgegangen und vertreten Glaubenslehren, die zum Teil... Pronounced [pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ].

Key facts for protestantisch
PropertyValue
Headwordprotestantisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#59,089
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of protestantisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for protestantisch is 14 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,089 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for protestantisch in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is protestantisch, spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-N-T-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    der 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
  2. 2
    einen Protestanten charakterisierend

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Frequency rank: #59,089 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "protestantisch"?
"protestantisch" is spelled P-R-O-T-E-S-T-A-N-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ].
What does "protestantisch" mean?
As an adj, "protestantisch" means: der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche angehörend, evangelisch-lutherische Kirchengemeinschaften sind aus der Reformation des 16. Jahrhunderts hervorgegangen und vertreten Glaubenslehren, die zum Teil...
How do you pronounce "protestantisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "protestantisch" is [pʁotɛsˈtantɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.