sächlich
[ˈzɛçlɪç]
The verdict
“sächlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum grammatikalischen Geschlecht Neutrum gehörig
Corpus desk
Index DE-sachlich · sächlich · German
sächlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sächlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzɛçlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sächlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sächlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɛçlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum grammatikalischen Geschlecht Neutrum gehörig".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sächlich, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 sächlich, spelled S-Ä-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1zum grammatikalischen Geschlecht Neutrum gehörig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sächlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Schwein“, „das Rind“, „das Schaf“ und „das Kind“ sind sächliche Substantive.
Die Verkleinerungsformen sind im Deutschen immer sächlich.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.