sakrosankt
[zakʁoˈzaŋkt]
The verdict
“sakrosankt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Regeln und Gesetze geschützt und dadurch unantastbar und unverletzlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-sakrosankt · sakrosankt · German
sakrosankt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sakrosankt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zakʁoˈzaŋkt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sakrosankt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sakrosankt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zakʁoˈzaŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sakrosankt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sakrosankt, spelled S-A-K-R-O-S-A-N-K-T.
Definition
- 1durch Regeln und Gesetze geschützt und dadurch unantastbar und unverletzlich
- 2für jemanden persönlich sehr wichtig, heilig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sakrosankt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Beichtgeheimnis ist sakrosankt.
„Und doch war es klug von uns beiden; ein von mir gegebenes Wort ist sakrosankt, und ich habe nicht ein einziges Mal auch nur daran gedacht, ihr Vertrauen zu enttäuschen.“
This word in other languages
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