viskos
[vɪsˈkoːs]
The verdict
“viskos” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wenig fließfähig, zäh fließend, zähflüssig
Corpus desk
Index DE-viskos · viskos · German
viskos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | viskos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [vɪsˈkoːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „viskos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
viskos is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [vɪsˈkoːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wenig fließfähig, zäh fließend, zähflüssig".
viskos has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is viskos, spelled V-I-S-K-O-S.
Definition
- 1wenig fließfähig, zäh fließend, zähflüssig
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viskos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Obwohl Glas ein Feststoff ist, ist es ein sehr viskoses Fluid.
Gase werden mit zunehmender Temperatur viskoser, während Flüssigkeiten mit zunehmender Temperatur exponentiell weniger viskos werden.
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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.