Demiurg

[demiˈʊʁk]

/[demiˈʊʁk]/ noun

The verdict

“Demiurg” 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) - Schöpfer der Welt, göttlicher Weltbaumeister bei Platon und in der Gnosis

Corpus desk

Index DE-demiurg · Demiurg · German

Demiurg · 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.

Key facts for Demiurg
PropertyValue
HeadwordDemiurg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[demiˈʊʁk]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Demiurg“ im Deutschen

Demiurgschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Demiurg is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [demiˈʊʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schöpfer der Welt, göttlicher Weltbaumeister bei Platon und in der Gnosis".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Demiurg in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Demiurg, spelled D-E-M-I-U-R-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schöpfer der Welt, göttlicher Weltbaumeister bei Platon und in der Gnosis

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Demiurg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. So sprechen die antiken Philosophen Plato und Aristoteles vom „Demiurgen“ als Weltschöpfer beziehungsweise vom „ersten unbewegten Beweger“.
  2. Sie spiegeln einen Grundgedanken jener synkretistischen Denkrichtung, die heute als "gnostisch" bezeichnet wird: dass die irdische Welt nicht Werk des wahren Gottes, sondern eines schlechten Demiurgen ist.

Synonyms

Weltschöpfer

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Demiurg"?
"Demiurg" is spelled D-E-M-I-U-R-G. The IPA pronunciation is [demiˈʊʁk].
What does "Demiurg" mean?
As a noun, "Demiurg" means: Schöpfer der Welt, göttlicher Weltbaumeister bei Platon und in der Gnosis
How do you pronounce "Demiurg"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Demiurg" is [demiˈʊʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Demiurg" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list