Sumerisch
[zuˈmeːʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“Sumerisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - isolierte, agglutinierende Sprache, die bis etwa 1800 v. Chr. im Süden Mesopotamiens gesprochen wurde, niedergeschrieben in Keilschrift
Corpus desk
Index DE-sumerisch · Sumerisch · German
Sumerisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Sumerisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zuˈmeːʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sumerisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sumerisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zuˈmeːʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "isolierte, agglutinierende Sprache, die bis etwa 1800 v. Chr. im Süden Mesopotamiens gesprochen wurde, niedergeschrieben in Keilschrift".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Sumerisch, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Sumerisch, spelled S-U-M-E-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1isolierte, agglutinierende Sprache, die bis etwa 1800 v. Chr. im Süden Mesopotamiens gesprochen wurde, niedergeschrieben in Keilschrift
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sumerisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sumerisch ist eine ausgestorbene Sprache.
Das Sumerische verfügt über eine reichhaltige Morphologie.
Synonyms
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.