akrasia

[aˈkrasja]

/[aˈkrasja]/ noun

The verdict

“akrasia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Akrasia, Willensschwäche

Corpus desk

Index DE-akrasia · akrasia · German

akrasia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" 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 akrasia
PropertyValue
Headwordakrasia
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈkrasja]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „akrasia“ im Deutschen

akrasialiegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

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

Rare enough to double-check

akrasia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈkrasja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Akrasia, Willensschwäche".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for akrasia, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 German form is akrasia, spelled A-K-R-A-S-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Akrasia, Willensschwäche

Synonyms

słabość woli

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 "akrasia"?
"akrasia" is spelled A-K-R-A-S-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈkrasja].
What does "akrasia" mean?
As a noun, "akrasia" means: Akrasia, Willensschwäche
How do you pronounce "akrasia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "akrasia" is [aˈkrasja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "akrasia" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list