sardonisch
[zaʁˈdoːnɪʃ]
The verdict
“sardonisch” 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) - boshaft, mit einem verzerrten Gesichtsausdruck
Corpus desk
Index DE-sardonisch · sardonisch · German
sardonisch · 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 | sardonisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zaʁˈdoːnɪʃ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sardonisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sardonisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zaʁˈdoːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sardonisch has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is sardonisch, spelled S-A-R-D-O-N-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1boshaft, mit einem verzerrten Gesichtsausdruck
- 2krampfhaft; scheinbar höhnisches, hämisches, grimmiges Mundöffnen beziehungsweise Zähneblecken (zum Beispiel bei einer Strychninvergiftung und im Frühstadium der Tetanuskrankheit)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sardonisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sardonisch muss man diesen Gesichtsausdruck nennen.
Der Angreifer grinste mit sardonischer Boshaftigkeit.
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.