tarentinisch

[taʁɛnˈtiːnɪʃ]

/[taʁɛnˈtiːnɪʃ]/ adj

The verdict

“tarentinisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Stadt Tarent oder ihre Bewohner betreffend, zu Tarent gehörig

Corpus desk

Index DE-tarentinisch · tarentinisch · German

tarentinisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" 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.

Key facts for tarentinisch
PropertyValue
Headwordtarentinisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[taʁɛnˈtiːnɪʃ]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “tarentinisch” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

tarentinischsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tarentinisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [taʁɛnˈtiːnɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Stadt Tarent oder ihre Bewohner betreffend, zu Tarent gehörig".

tarentinisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is tarentinisch, spelled T-A-R-E-N-T-I-N-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Stadt Tarent oder ihre Bewohner betreffend, zu Tarent gehörig

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Tragweite dieser Verfehlung waren sie sich schwerlich bewußt; denn in aller Arglosigkeit ließen sie die kleine Flottille sogar vor dem tarentinischen Hafen Anker werfen und waren deshalb sehr erstaunt, als die Tarentiner mit einem äußerst starken Akt der Selbsthilfe antworteten und eine Anzahl Schiffe kurzerhand versenkten.“

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tarentinisch"?
"tarentinisch" is spelled T-A-R-E-N-T-I-N-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [taʁɛnˈtiːnɪʃ].
What does "tarentinisch" mean?
As an adjective, "tarentinisch" means: die Stadt Tarent oder ihre Bewohner betreffend, zu Tarent gehörig
How do you pronounce "tarentinisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tarentinisch" is [taʁɛnˈtiːnɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tarentinisch" come from?
"tarentinisch" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list