Deismus
[deˈɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Deismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glauben an Gott aus Gründen der Vernunft
Corpus desk
Index DE-deismus · Deismus · German
Deismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | Deismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deˈɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Deismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Deismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [deˈɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Glauben an Gott aus Gründen der Vernunft".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Deismus, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Deismus, spelled D-E-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1Glauben an Gott aus Gründen der Vernunft
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Deismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Deismus bildet in manchen Ländern die religiöse Grundlage des Freimaurertums und hatte in der Zeit der Aufklärung bedeutende Anhänger wie Thomas Jefferson und Voltaire.
„Der Deismus betrachtet die verschiedenen Religionen einfach als Parteien mit eigenen Interessen.“
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.