adjective
statistical
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Statistisch means 'statistical', relating to statistics or data. It's an adjective (gradable: statistischer, am statistischsten). Used in phrases like 'statistische Daten' or 'statistische Analyse'. Not a participle; regular adjective. No special prepositions or reflexivity. Simply describes methods, numbers, or probability through statistics.
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Statistisch war das Ergebnis überraschend, weil die vorherigen Tests anders ausfielen.
Statistically, the result was surprising because the previous tests turned out differently.
Diese Zahlen sind statistisch signifikant.
These figures are statistically significant.
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Imagine a bar chart with the word 'statistics' stamped across it in big letters; that image links to 'statistisch'.
Sounds like 'statistics' + '-al' — think 'statistical' as related to statistics.
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Used both as an adjective and adverbial descriptor in German (the form 'statistisch' can modify nouns in predicates or describe how something was measured). Comparative: 'statistischer'; superlative: 'am statistischsten' (though in practice comparative forms are rare; speakers often rephrase). Not to be confused with the noun 'Statistik' (statistics).