zänkisch
[ˈt͡sɛŋkɪʃ]
The verdict
“zänkisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - streitsüchtig, Streit suchend, Zank und Ärger verbreitend
Corpus desk
Index DE-zankisch · zänkisch · German
zänkisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" 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 | zänkisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛŋkɪʃ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zänkisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zänkisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛŋkɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "streitsüchtig, Streit suchend, Zank und Ärger verbreitend".
zänkisch doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is zänkisch, spelled Z-Ä-N-K-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1streitsüchtig, Streit suchend, Zank und Ärger verbreitend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zänkisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ziazaa, nach dem Aberglauben des Mittelalters ein Wunderstein von verschiedener Farbe, sollte die Eigenschaft haben denjenigen, welcher ihn bei sich trägt, zänkisch zu machen und ihm schwere Träume zu bereiten.“
Als besonders Beispiel gilt die Gattin des Sokrates, die Xanthippe, da sie gewöhnlich als sehr mürrisch und zänkisch geschildert und von ihr mehre ungünstige Anekdoten erzählt werden, sprüchwörtlich eine böse, zanksüchtige Ehefrau.
This word in other languages
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.