weltlich
[ˈvɛltlɪç]
The verdict
“weltlich” is uncommon German (frequency #78,753 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,753
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf die sinnlich erfassbare Welt bezogen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weltlich · weltlich · German
weltlich · rank #78,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,753
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wellig
Nearest frequency peer: wellig (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „weltlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- welk
welk
21,251 corpus weight
- welken
welken
21,250 corpus weight
- wellig
wellig
21,249 corpus weight
- weltlich
weltlich
21,248 corpus weight
- weltpolitis…
weltpolitischen
21,247 corpus weight
- Weltreich
Weltreich
21,246 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weltlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weltlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɛltlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,753 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weltlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weltlich is uncommon German at frequency #78,753 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛltlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for weltlich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is weltlich, spelled W-E-L-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf die sinnlich erfassbare Welt bezogen
- 2nicht auf die (christliche) Kirche oder religiöse Bereiche bezogen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weltlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Während der Kulturhistoriker Johan Huizinga (Homo ludens) das Spiel abseits aller weltlichen Zusammenhänge sah und es in die Nähe des Rituals und des Theaters rückte, machte sein Kritiker Roger Caillois darauf aufmerksam, dass auch Wetten und Glücksspiele zu den Spielen gezählt und sub specie ludi betrachtet werden müssen.
Eine Hütte am Meer, in der man seine weltliche Rolle in der Umkleide lässt.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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