Autoritarismus
[aʊ̯toʁitaˈʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Autoritarismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anspruch eines Regimes auf absolute Autorität
Corpus desk
Index DE-autoritarismus · Autoritarismus · German
Autoritarismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Autoritarismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯toʁitaˈʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Autoritarismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Autoritarismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʊ̯toʁitaˈʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Autoritarismus, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Autoritarismus, spelled A-U-T-O-R-I-T-A-R-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Anspruch eines Regimes auf absolute Autorität
- 2Eigenschaft, autoritär und herrisch zu sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Autoritarismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[D]ie chinesische Führung nutzt das Leben der Uiguren als Testlabor für digitalen Autoritarismus. […]“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.