Animist
[aniˈmɪst]
The verdict
“Animist” 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) - Anhänger einer Glaubensrichtung, die in ihrer Weltanschauung die Existenz der Seele miteinbezieht
Corpus desk
Index DE-animist · Animist · German
Animist · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Animist |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aniˈmɪst] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Animist“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Animist is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aniˈmɪst]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anhänger einer Glaubensrichtung, die in ihrer Weltanschauung die Existenz der Seele miteinbezieht".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Animist, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Animist, spelled A-N-I-M-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Anhänger einer Glaubensrichtung, die in ihrer Weltanschauung die Existenz der Seele miteinbezieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Animist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein guter Animist betet jeden Tag.
„Dort löste die Dorfversammlung Konflikte und opferte Ahnen und Geistern, denn die Ureinwohner waren Animisten.“
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.