städtisch

[ˈʃtɛtɪʃ]

/[ˈʃtɛtɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“städtisch” is uncommon German (frequency #69,746 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,746
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Stadt zugehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-stadtisch · städtisch · German

städtisch · rank #69,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,746
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Studienrat

Nearest frequency peer: Studienrat (-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 „städtisch“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for städtisch
PropertyValue
Headwordstädtisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃtɛtɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,746
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „städtisch“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Studienrat“ (#69,745), „Stürmers“ (#69,748), „Strombedarf“ (#69,743). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „städtisch“ bei #69,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

städtisch is uncommon German at frequency #69,746 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃtɛtɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer Stadt zugehörig".

städtisch has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is städtisch, spelled S-T-Ä-D-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    einer Stadt zugehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Veterinäramt sei seit 2001 nicht mehr städtisch, sondern staatlich, weil „der Fleischhandel nicht an der Stadtgrenze endet“, so Kreisverwaltungsreferent Wilfried Blume-Beyerle.
  2. Aber das Spaßbad ist kein privat oder städtisch finanziertes Projekt, sondern es soll zu 80 Prozent vom Land gefördert werden, aus Geldern des Bundes und der EU für den Aufbau-Ost.

Antonyms

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 "städtisch"?
"städtisch" is spelled S-T-Ä-D-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃtɛtɪʃ].
What does "städtisch" mean?
As an adjective, "städtisch" means: einer Stadt zugehörig
How do you pronounce "städtisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "städtisch" is [ˈʃtɛtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "städtisch" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list