sommerlicher

[ˈzɔmɐlɪçɐ]

/[ˈzɔmɐlɪçɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“sommerlicher” is uncommon German (frequency #96,270 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,270
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-sommerlicher · sommerlicher · German

sommerlicher · rank #96,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,270
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sowjetarmee

Nearest frequency peer: Sowjetarmee (+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 „sommerlicher“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sommerlicher
PropertyValue
Headwordsommerlicher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈzɔmɐlɪçɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#96,270
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sommerlicher“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sowjetarmee“ (#96,271), „Sozia“ (#96,272), „Snuff“ (#96,267). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sommerlicher“ bei #96,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sommerlicher is uncommon German at frequency #96,270 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈzɔmɐlɪçɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

sommerlicher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sommerlicher, spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich

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 "sommerlicher"?
"sommerlicher" is spelled S-O-M-M-E-R-L-I-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzɔmɐlɪçɐ].
What does "sommerlicher" mean?
As an adjective, "sommerlicher" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sommerlich
How do you pronounce "sommerlicher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sommerlicher" is [ˈzɔmɐlɪçɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sommerlicher" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Staatspleite#96,303Steuerrechts#96,315Stimmzetteln#96,318Tauschbörsen#96,353

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list