Anthroposophie
[antʁopozoˈfiː]
The verdict
“Anthroposophie” is uncommon German (frequency #67,988 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,988
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Weltanschauung von Rudolf Steiner, die den Menschen in der Beziehung zum Übersinnlichen betrachten will
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anthroposophie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [antʁopozoˈfiː] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #67,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Anthroposophie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Anthroposophie is uncommon German at frequency #67,988 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [antʁopozoˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Weltanschauung von Rudolf Steiner, die den Menschen in der Beziehung zum Übersinnlichen betrachten will".
Anthroposophie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Anthroposophie, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-S-O-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Weltanschauung von Rudolf Steiner, die den Menschen in der Beziehung zum Übersinnlichen betrachten will
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Anthroposophie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-S-O-P-H-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [antʁopozoˈfiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.