Autoritarismus
German, noun/aʊ̯toʁitaˈʁɪsmʊs/
Autoritarismus is spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-U-S (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autoritarismus is a German masculine noun meaning “authoritarianism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anspruch eines Regimes auf absolute Autorität”.
What does Autoritarismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineauthoritarianism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anspruch eines Regimes auf absolute Autorität 2. Eigenschaft, autoritär und herrisch zu sein
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 Autoritarismus?
- /aʊ̯toʁitaˈʁɪsmʊs/
- [aʊ̯toʁitaˈʁɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Autoritarismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Autoritarismus in German?
Autoritarismus appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).