Archaismus
German, noun[aʁçaˈɪsmʊs]
Archaismus is spelled A-R-C-H-A-I-S-M-U-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Archaismus is a German masculine noun meaning “archaism, archaicism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein sprachlicher Ausdruck, der allmählich außer Gebrauch gerät”.
What does Archaismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearchaism, archaicism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein sprachlicher Ausdruck, der allmählich außer Gebrauch gerät 2. eine auf die Entwicklung bezogene Sichtweise, die seelische Phänomene als möglicher Ausdruck eines bestimmten Entwicklungs- oder Reifungsstadiums ansieht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Archaismus
- Archaismen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Archaismus?
- [aʁçaˈɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Archaismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Archaismus in German?
Archaismus appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).