sympathisches

[zʏmˈpaːtɪʃəs]

/[zʏmˈpaːtɪʃəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“sympathisches” is uncommon German (frequency #67,761 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,761
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-sympathisches · sympathisches · German

sympathisches · rank #67,761 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,761
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sweater

Nearest frequency peer: sweater (-2 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 „sympathisches“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sympathisches
PropertyValue
Headwordsympathisches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[zʏmˈpaːtɪʃəs]
Letters13
Frequency rank#67,761
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sympathisches“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sweater“ (#67,759), „südlichste“ (#67,763), „Südniedersachsen“ (#67,764). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sympathisches“ bei #67,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sympathisches is uncommon German at frequency #67,761 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

sympathisches doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is sympathisches, spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch

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 "sympathisches"?
"sympathisches" is spelled S-Y-M-P-A-T-H-I-S-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃəs].
What does "sympathisches" mean?
As an adjective, "sympathisches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs sympathisch
How do you pronounce "sympathisches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sympathisches" is [zʏmˈpaːtɪʃəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

städtebaulich#67,752Tennisturnier#67,778Themengebiete#67,784Tiefkühltruhe#67,785

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list