slowenisch

[sloˈveːnɪʃ]

/[sloˈveːnɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“slowenisch” is uncommon German (frequency #54,888 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,888
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Volk der Slowenen gehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-slowenisch · slowenisch · German

slowenisch · rank #54,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,888
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH skrupellosen

Nearest frequency peer: skrupellosen (-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 „slowenisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for slowenisch
PropertyValue
Headwordslowenisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[sloˈveːnɪʃ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „slowenisch“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).slowenischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „skrupellosen“ (#54,887), „smarten“ (#54,889), „sitting“ (#54,886). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „slowenisch“ bei #54,888. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

slowenisch is uncommon German at frequency #54,888 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sloˈveːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for slowenisch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is slowenisch, spelled S-L-O-W-E-N-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    zum Volk der Slowenen gehörig
  2. 2
    zu Slowenien gehörig
  3. 3
    zur Sprache Slowenisch gehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how slowenisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er brachte seine slowenische Ehefrau mit.
  2. Das Eingesperrtsein der slowenischen Historiographie in der Konzeption der nationalen Geschichte zeigte sich auch anhand des Beispiels der Grafen von Cilli, welche als das »slowenischste« Adelsgeschlecht gelten und die auch Träger des Mythos über die slowenische Staatlichkeit im Mittelalter waren.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "slowenisch"?
"slowenisch" is spelled S-L-O-W-E-N-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [sloˈveːnɪʃ].
What does "slowenisch" mean?
As an adjective, "slowenisch" means: zum Volk der Slowenen gehörig
How do you pronounce "slowenisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slowenisch" is [sloˈveːnɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "slowenisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list