spartanisch

[ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ]

/[ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ]/ adj

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The verdict

“spartanisch” is uncommon German (frequency #80,938 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,938
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das antike Sparta betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-spartanisch · spartanisch · German

spartanisch · rank #80,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,938
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Spaltungen

Nearest frequency peer: Spaltungen (-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 „spartanisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for spartanisch
PropertyValue
Headwordspartanisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,938
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „spartanisch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).spartanischfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Spaltungen“ (#80,937), „Speicherstadt“ (#80,939), „Spalter“ (#80,936). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „spartanisch“ bei #80,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

spartanisch is uncommon German at frequency #80,938 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for spartanisch in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 spartanisch, spelled S-P-A-R-T-A-N-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    das antike Sparta betreffend
  2. 2
    auf das Notwendigste reduziert, in der Art einer genügsamen Lebensweise
  3. 3
    jemand, seinen starken Willen und strengen Selbstdisziplin erkennen lassend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Lukaner brauchten Hilfe gegen die Griechenstadt Tarent, welche den spartanischen König Kleonymos aus Griechenland zu ihrem Schutz herbeigerufen hatte.“
  2. „Ab und zu lockerte er jedoch seine ansonsten spartanische Lebensweise.“

Synonyms

anspruchslosbedürfnislosbescheideneinfacheingeschränktenthaltsamfrugalkarglakonischmodestprimitivpuritanischpuristischschlichtschmucklossimpelsparsamspärlichsparsamdiszipliniertdrakonischeiserngenügsamgestrenghartstrengstriktunerbittlich

Antonyms

luxuriösverschwenderischkomfortabel

This word in other languages

Spartan(English)

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 "spartanisch"?
"spartanisch" is spelled S-P-A-R-T-A-N-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ].
What does "spartanisch" mean?
As an adjective, "spartanisch" means: das antike Sparta betreffend
How do you pronounce "spartanisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "spartanisch" is [ʃpaʁˈtaːnɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "spartanisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list