Anthroposophie

[antʁopozoˈfiː]

/[antʁopozoˈfiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Anthroposophie” is uncommon German (frequency #67,988 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,988
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Weltanschauung von Rudolf Steiner, die den Menschen in der Beziehung zum Übersinnlichen betrachten will

Corpus desk

Index DE-anthroposophie · Anthroposophie · German

Anthroposophie · rank #67,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,988
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anthropologis…

Nearest frequency peer: anthropologischen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Anthroposophie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Anthroposophie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anthroposophie
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnthroposophie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[antʁopozoˈfiː]
Letters14
Frequency rank#67,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anthroposophie“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Anthroposophiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anthropologischen“ (#67,987), „anzufechten“ (#67,989), „Anthropologen“ (#67,986). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anthroposophie“ bei #67,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anthroposophie is uncommon German at frequency #67,988 among 6,976 “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

  1. 1
    Weltanschauung von Rudolf Steiner, die den Menschen in der Beziehung zum Übersinnlichen betrachten will

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Anthroposophie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Rudolf Steiner begründete 1913 die Lehre der Anthroposophie.
  2. Die Anthroposophie bildet die Grundlage für die Waldorf-Pädagogik.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anthroposophie"?
"Anthroposophie" is spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-S-O-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [antʁopozoˈfiː].
What does "Anthroposophie" mean?
As a noun, "Anthroposophie" means: Weltanschauung von Rudolf Steiner, die den Menschen in der Beziehung zum Übersinnlichen betrachten will
How do you pronounce "Anthroposophie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anthroposophie" is [antʁopozoˈfiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anthroposophie" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Anthroposophie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list