Axiom
[aˈksi̯oːm]
The verdict
“Axiom” is uncommon German (frequency #58,586 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,586
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbeweisbare, aber in sich einsichtige Wahrheit, die daher nicht bewiesen werden muss und allgemein als gültig und richtig anerkannt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-axiom · Axiom · German
Axiom · rank #58,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,586
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH avril
Nearest frequency peer: avril (-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 „Axiom“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- auszunehmen
auszunehmen
41,418 corpus weight
- Avocados
Avocados
41,417 corpus weight
- avril
avril
41,416 corpus weight
- Axiom
Axiom
41,415 corpus weight
- Badewasser
Badewasser
41,414 corpus weight
- Bahnhofes
Bahnhofes
41,413 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Axiom“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Axiom |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈksi̯oːm] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Axiom“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Axiom is uncommon German at frequency #58,586 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈksi̯oːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Axiom in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Axiom, spelled A-X-I-O-M.
Definition
- 1unbeweisbare, aber in sich einsichtige Wahrheit, die daher nicht bewiesen werden muss und allgemein als gültig und richtig anerkannt wird
- 2nicht abgeleitete Aussage, die als Ausgangspunkt einer deduktiven Theorie dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Axiom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Asiens wirtschaftlicher Aufstieg bringt jetzt ein neues Axiom hervor: Wer das Geld hat, macht die Regeln.“
„Indem sich die Generationen nach Augustus sein Axiom der Machterhaltung zu Eigen machten, zeigen uns die Ausführungen des Tacitus, wie sehr die Wirkung der augusteischen Gedankengänge über ihren Schöpfer hinaus in Geltung blieb.“
Synonyms
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.
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