Animismus
[aniˈmɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Animismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glaube an die Beseeltheit der Natur
Corpus desk
Index DE-animismus · Animismus · German
Animismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Animismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aniˈmɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Animismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Animismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aniˈmɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glaube an die Beseeltheit der Natur".
No misspelling variants are generated for Animismus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Animismus, spelled A-N-I-M-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Glaube an die Beseeltheit der Natur
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Animismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Brauch, ein solches Häuschen aufzustellen für die Geister, die den Grund und Boden vorher besaßen, stammt aus dem Animismus.“
This word in other languages
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.