elastisch

\eˈlastɪʃ\

/\eˈlastɪʃ\/ adj

The verdict

“elastisch” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élastique : déformable réversiblement, en revenant à sa forme initiale après enlèvement de l’effort appliqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-elastisch · elastisch · French

elastisch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" 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.

Key facts for elastisch
PropertyValue
Headwordelastisch
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\eˈlastɪʃ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « elastisch » en français

elastischsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

elastisch is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \eˈlastɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for elastisch, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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. The correct French form is elastisch, spelled E-L-A-S-T-I-S-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élastique : déformable réversiblement, en revenant à sa forme initiale après enlèvement de l’effort appliqué.
  2. 2
    Souple, fluide, pour un mouvement, une personne.
  3. 3
    Souple, flexible : s’adaptant facilement, volontiers.
  4. 4
    Élastique : s’adaptant facilement aux fluctuations.
  5. 5
    Élastique, pour un terme, une règle : pas précisément défini, sujet à interprétation ; aussi, la prise de libertés avec les règles ou avec les faits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how elastisch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wird bei der Krafteinwirkung ein bestimmter Wert überschritten, so erfolgt zusätzlich zu der elastischen eine plastische Deformation. Dieser Wert ist jeweils materialabhängig und wird als Elastizitätsgrenze bezeichnet.
  2. Möge Johann Strauß, der heute noch trotz seiner 69 Jahre – er ist am 25. Oktober 1825 zu Wien geboren – mit dem elastischen Schritt und dem leuchtenden Auge eines Jünglings dahinwandelt, in ungetrübter Freude den schönen Abend seines schönen Lebens genießen; an der Seite seine liebenswürdige, reizvolle Gemahlin, der er eines seiner besten Stücke, den „Ade…

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "elastisch"?
"elastisch" is spelled E-L-A-S-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \eˈlastɪʃ\.
What does "elastisch" mean?
As an adjective, "elastisch" means: Élastique : déformable réversiblement, en revenant à sa forme initiale après enlèvement de l’effort appliqué.
How do you pronounce "elastisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elastisch" is \eˈlastɪʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "elastisch" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list