Autismus
German, noun/aʊ̯ˈtɪsmʊs/
Autismus is spelled A-U-T-I-S-M-U-S (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autismus is a German masculine noun meaning “autism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine tiefgreifende Entwicklungsstörung, betroffen ist die Entwicklung von sozialen Kontakten, Empathie…”.
What does Autismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineautism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine tiefgreifende Entwicklungsstörung, betroffen ist die Entwicklung von sozialen Kontakten, Empathie, Sprache, Interessen, oftmals begleitet von Intelligenzminderung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Autismus?
- /aʊ̯ˈtɪsmʊs/
- [aʊ̯ˈtɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Autismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Autismus in German?
Autismus appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).