weltanschaulich

/[ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]/ adj

Letters

15 characters

Frequency Rank

#79,940

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

weltanschaulich is anGermanadj. It means: hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend Pronounced [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç].

Key facts for weltanschaulich
PropertyValue
Headwordweltanschaulich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]
Letters15
Frequency rank#79,940
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of weltanschaulich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for weltanschaulich is 15 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,940 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend".

No misspelling variants are generated for weltanschaulich in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is weltanschaulich, spelled W-E-L-T-A-N-S-C-H-A-U-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend

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Frequency rank: #79,940 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "weltanschaulich"?
"weltanschaulich" is spelled W-E-L-T-A-N-S-C-H-A-U-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç].
What does "weltanschaulich" mean?
As an adj, "weltanschaulich" means: hinsichtlich einer Weltanschauung, auf einer Weltanschauung beruhend
How do you pronounce "weltanschaulich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "weltanschaulich" is [ˈveltʔanˌʃaʊ̯lɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "weltanschaulich" come from?
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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.