schweizerisch
[ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡səʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“schweizerisch” is uncommon German (frequency #60,056 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,056
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Schweiz oder Schweizer betreffend, zur Schweiz gehörend, aus ihr kommend
Corpus desk
Index DE-schweizerisch · schweizerisch · German
schweizerisch · rank #60,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,056
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Schweinfurter
Nearest frequency peer: Schweinfurter (-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 „schweizerisch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Schulrat
Schulrat
39,948 corpus weight
- Schweinfurt…
Schweinfurter
39,946 corpus weight
- schweizeris…
schweizerisch
39,945 corpus weight
- Schwerkrank…
Schwerkranken
39,944 corpus weight
- Schwimmbäde…
Schwimmbädern
39,943 corpus weight
- schwimmend
schwimmend
39,942 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schweizerisch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schweizerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡səʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schweizerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schweizerisch is uncommon German at frequency #60,056 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡səʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Schweiz oder Schweizer betreffend, zur Schweiz gehörend, aus ihr kommend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for schweizerisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 schweizerisch, spelled S-C-H-W-E-I-Z-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1die Schweiz oder Schweizer betreffend, zur Schweiz gehörend, aus ihr kommend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schweizerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die bekanntesten schweizerischen Produkte sind Käse, Schokolade und Uhren.
„Im übrigen ist diese Zeitung indes auch über die gewöhnlichen schweizerischen Kantonalborniertheiten (Neutralität, Kantonalsouveränetät etc.) hinaus.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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