zentrisch
[ˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ]
The verdict
“zentrisch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Mittelpunkt betreffend, sich in ihm befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-zentrisch · zentrisch · German
zentrisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | zentrisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zentrisch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zentrisch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt͡sɛntʁɪʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Mittelpunkt betreffend, sich in ihm befindlich".
zentrisch has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is zentrisch, spelled Z-E-N-T-R-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1den Mittelpunkt betreffend, sich in ihm befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zentrisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zur positionsgenauen Verbindung von erstem und zweitem Kupplungsorgan seien ein zentrisch angeordneter Mitnehmerzapfen 7 und ein exzentrisch angeordneter Mitnehmerzapfen 8 ausgebildet.“
„Die Abbildungen, die die Form einer Figur invariant lassen, sind die Ähnlichkeitsabbildungen mit der zentrischen Streckung als ihrem wichtigsten Vertreter.“
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.