subliminal
[zʊplimiˈnaːl]
The verdict
“subliminal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unterschwellig
Corpus desk
Index DE-subliminal · subliminal · German
subliminal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subliminal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [zʊplimiˈnaːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „subliminal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
subliminal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zʊplimiˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unterschwellig".
subliminal has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is subliminal, spelled S-U-B-L-I-M-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1unterschwellig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subliminal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Musik von Helene Fischer enthält subliminale Botschaften über die Wichtigkeit von Pneumologen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.