transzendental
[tʁanst͡sɛndɛnˈtaːl]
The verdict
“transzendental” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die aristotelischen Kategorien übersteigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-transzendental · transzendental · German
transzendental · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transzendental |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [tʁanst͡sɛndɛnˈtaːl] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „transzendental“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
transzendental is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [tʁanst͡sɛndɛnˈtaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
transzendental has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is transzendental, spelled T-R-A-N-S-Z-E-N-D-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1die aristotelischen Kategorien übersteigend
- 2die Bedingungen der Möglichkeit von Erfahrung betreffend (siehe: Transzendentalphilosophie und Transzendentalismus)
- 3jenseits der
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how transzendental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Logik ist transzendental.“
„Ich nenne alle Erkenntnis transzendental, die sich nicht sowohl mit Gegenständen, sondern mit unserer Erkenntnisart von Gegenständen, sofern diese a priori möglich ist, überhaupt beschäftigt“
Synonyms
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.