sittlichen

[ˈzɪtlɪçn̩]

/[ˈzɪtlɪçn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“sittlichen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,771 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,771
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 sittlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-sittlichen · sittlichen · German

sittlichen · rank #63,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,771
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sippen

Nearest frequency peer: Sippen (-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 „sittlichen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sittlichen
PropertyValue
Headwordsittlichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɪtlɪçn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sittlichen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.sittlichenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sippen“ (#63,770), „siècle“ (#63,772), „sip“ (#63,769). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sittlichen“ bei #63,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sittlichen is uncommon German at frequency #63,771 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɪtlɪçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for sittlichen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is sittlichen, spelled S-I-T-T-L-I-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich

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 "sittlichen"?
"sittlichen" is spelled S-I-T-T-L-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɪtlɪçn̩].
What does "sittlichen" mean?
As an adjective, "sittlichen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sittlich
How do you pronounce "sittlichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sittlichen" is [ˈzɪtlɪçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sittlichen" come from?
"sittlichen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

skandieren#63,773sorgenfrei#63,781Semperoper#63,756sehnlicher#63,753

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list