grundsätzlich
\ɡʀʊntˈzɛʦlɪç\
The verdict
“grundsätzlich” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fondamental, principal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grundsatzlich · grundsätzlich · French
grundsätzlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | grundsätzlich |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʀʊntˈzɛʦlɪç\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « grundsätzlich » en français
Rare enough to double-check
grundsätzlich is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʀʊntˈzɛʦlɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fondamental, principal.".
grundsätzlich has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 grundsätzlich, spelled G-R-U-N-D-S-Ä-T-Z-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Fondamental, principal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grundsätzlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erstautor Hjorthøj sieht noch ein grundsätzliches Problem: „Die zunehmende Legalisierung von Cannabis in den letzten Jahrzehnten hat dazu geführt, dass es zu einer der am häufigsten konsumierten psychoaktiven Substanzen der Welt geworden ist, während gleichzeitig die öffentliche Wahrnehmung der Schädlichkeit von Cannabis abgenommen hat.“
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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.