sarkastische

[zaʁˈkastɪʃə]

/[zaʁˈkastɪʃə]/ adj

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The verdict

“sarkastische” is uncommon German (frequency #82,080 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,080
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch

Corpus desk

Index DE-sarkastische · sarkastische · German

sarkastische · rank #82,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,080
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH satanische

Nearest frequency peer: satanische (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sarkastische“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sarkastische“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sarkastische
PropertyValue
Headwordsarkastische
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[zaʁˈkastɪʃə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#82,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sarkastische“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sarkastischefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „satanische“ (#82,081), „Sanden“ (#82,078), „satanischen“ (#82,082). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sarkastische“ bei #82,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sarkastische is uncommon German at frequency #82,080 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zaʁˈkastɪʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sarkastische, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is sarkastische, spelled S-A-R-K-A-S-T-I-S-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sarkastische"?
"sarkastische" is spelled S-A-R-K-A-S-T-I-S-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [zaʁˈkastɪʃə].
What does "sarkastische" mean?
As an adjective, "sarkastische" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
How do you pronounce "sarkastische"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarkastische" is [zaʁˈkastɪʃə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sarkastische" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sarkastische", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list