sehnlich
[ˈzeːnlɪç]
The verdict
“sehnlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voller Sehnsucht verlangend
Corpus desk
Index DE-sehnlich · sehnlich · German
sehnlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | sehnlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈzeːnlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sehnlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sehnlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzeːnlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "voller Sehnsucht verlangend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sehnlich in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 sehnlich, spelled S-E-H-N-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1voller Sehnsucht verlangend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sehnlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Walt Disney-Studios gaben am Donnerstag das Startdatum für die von Fans sehnlich erwartete Fortsetzung der Science-Fiction-Reihe bekannt.
Die Reform der Reisepolitik war von den Kubanern besonders sehnlich erwartet worden, seit Präsident Raul Castro vor sechs Jahren die Führung des Landes von seinem Bruder Fidel Castro übernommen hatte.
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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.