sakral
[zaˈkʁaːl]
The verdict
“sakral” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heilig, kirchlich; den Gottesdienst betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sakral · sakral · German
sakral · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | sakral |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zaˈkʁaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sakral“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sakral is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zaˈkʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sakral in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sakral, spelled S-A-K-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1heilig, kirchlich; den Gottesdienst betreffend
- 2das Kreuzbein (Os sacrum) betreffend, zum Kreuzbein gehörend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sakral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein solches Volk oder Völkerbündnis der Alemannen usw. bildete nun durchaus keinen Staat, nur einen sakral und politisch vereinten Staatenbund […]“
Insbesondere beim Marfan-Syndrom finden sich oft weitere sakrale Veränderungen, vor allem eine sakrale Ektasie.
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.