sarkastischen

[zaʁˈkastɪʃn̩]

/[zaʁˈkastɪʃn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“sarkastischen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,498 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,498
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sarkastischen · sarkastischen · German

sarkastischen · rank #78,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,498
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Samstage

Nearest frequency peer: Samstage (-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 „sarkastischen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sarkastischen
PropertyValue
Headwordsarkastischen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[zaʁˈkastɪʃn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#78,498
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sarkastischen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sarkastischenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Samstage“ (#78,497), „Schafott“ (#78,499), „Sammelstellen“ (#78,496). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sarkastischen“ bei #78,498. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sarkastischen is uncommon German at frequency #78,498 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zaʁˈkastɪʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for sarkastischen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 sarkastischen, spelled S-A-R-K-A-S-T-I-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera 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 "sarkastischen"?
"sarkastischen" is spelled S-A-R-K-A-S-T-I-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zaʁˈkastɪʃn̩].
What does "sarkastischen" mean?
As an adjective, "sarkastischen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sarkastisch
How do you pronounce "sarkastischen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarkastischen" is [zaʁˈkastɪʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sarkastischen" come from?
"sarkastischen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sammelstellen#78,496Schattenspiel#78,500Schaufenstern#78,502Sachverhaltes#78,492

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list