psychotisch

[psyˈçoːtɪʃ]

/[psyˈçoːtɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“psychotisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu den Symptomen einer Psychose gehörend

Corpus desk

Index DE-psychotisch · psychotisch · German

psychotisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for psychotisch
PropertyValue
Headwordpsychotisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[psyˈçoːtɪʃ]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „psychotisch“ im Deutschen

psychotischsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

psychotisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [psyˈçoːtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

psychotisch has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 psychotisch, spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    zu den Symptomen einer Psychose gehörend
  2. 2
    an einer Psychose erkrankt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how psychotisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wahnvorstellungen kann man als psychotisch einstufen.
  2. Der Patient wurde während des Klinikaufenthalts psychotisch.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "psychotisch"?
"psychotisch" is spelled P-S-Y-C-H-O-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [psyˈçoːtɪʃ].
What does "psychotisch" mean?
As an adjective, "psychotisch" means: zu den Symptomen einer Psychose gehörend
How do you pronounce "psychotisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "psychotisch" is [psyˈçoːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "psychotisch" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list