Altruismus
German, noun[altʁuˈɪsmʊs]
Altruismus is spelled A-L-T-R-U-I-S-M-U-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altruismus is a German masculine noun meaning “altruism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Selbstlosigkeit, Menschenliebe, Uneigennützigkeit”.
What does Altruismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtruism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Selbstlosigkeit, Menschenliebe, Uneigennützigkeit
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Altruismus?
- [altʁuˈɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Altruismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Altruismus in German?
Altruismus appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).