Rishi
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The verdict
“Rishi” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für einen Weisen oder Seher im Hinduismus, Legenden zufolge die Empfänger heiliger Texte wie Veden
Corpus desk
Index DE-rishi · Rishi · German
Rishi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | Rishi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rishi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rishi is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung für einen Weisen oder Seher im Hinduismus, Legenden zufolge die Empfänger heiliger Texte wie Veden".
Rishi has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Rishi, spelled R-I-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung für einen Weisen oder Seher im Hinduismus, Legenden zufolge die Empfänger heiliger Texte wie Veden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rishi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„›Dies ist ein Opfer für alle Menschen‹, erklärte er uns heute. ›Es ist nicht nur Rishis oder Munis oder Herrschern vorbehalten.‹“
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.