schweizerisch
[ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡səʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“schweizerisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #60,056 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #60,056
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Schweiz oder Schweizer betreffend, zur Schweiz gehörend, aus ihr kommend
| 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) |
Where “schweizerisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for schweizerisch is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡səʁɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,056 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “schweizerisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-C-H-W-E-I-Z-E-R-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡səʁɪʃ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.