volksetymologisch
German, adjective[ˈfɔlksʔetymoˌloːɡɪʃ]
volksetymologisch is spelled V-O-L-K-S-E-T-Y-M-O-L-O-G-I-S-C-H (17 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volksetymologisch is a German adjective meaning “folketymological/folk-etymological” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Volksetymologie zuzuordnen, die Volksetymologie betreffend”.
What does volksetymologisch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
folketymological/folk-etymological
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. der Volksetymologie zuzuordnen, die Volksetymologie betreffend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of volksetymologisch
- volksetymologischer masculine nominative singular
- volksetymologische feminine nominative singular
- volksetymologisches neuter nominative singular
- volksetymologischen genitive masculine singular
- volksetymologischem dative masculine singular
- der volksetymologische definite includes-article masculine
- die volksetymologische definite feminine includes-article
- das volksetymologische definite includes-article neuter
- die volksetymologischen definite includes-article nominative
- des volksetymologischen definite genitive includes-article
- der volksetymologischen definite feminine genitive
- dem volksetymologischen dative definite includes-article
- den volksetymologischen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce volksetymologisch?
- [ˈfɔlksʔetymoˌloːɡɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is volksetymologisch in German?
volksetymologisch appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).