Sikhs
[ziːks]
The verdict
“Sikhs” is uncommon German (frequency #93,594 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,594
- frequency rank, German
- 107,600
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sikh
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sikhs |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ziːks] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sikhs” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sikhs is uncommon German at frequency #93,594 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ziːks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Sikhs has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Sikhs, spelled S-I-K-H-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Sikh
- 2Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Sikh
- 3Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Sikh
- 4Dativ Plural des Substantivs Sikh
- 5Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Sikh
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 “Sikhs”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is S-I-K-H-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ziːks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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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.